The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-trade by the British Parliament, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 - Abolitionists |
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... labour without wages ? Is there no breach of duty , when we are commanded to clothe the naked , and feed the hungry , and visit the sick and in prison , in exposing them to want , in torturing them by cruel punishment , and in grinding ...
... labour without wages ? Is there no breach of duty , when we are commanded to clothe the naked , and feed the hungry , and visit the sick and in prison , in exposing them to want , in torturing them by cruel punishment , and in grinding ...
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... labour , and patience , could overcome the other . To protection in this manner by his hundred interests it was ow- ing , that the monster stalked in security for so long a time . He stalked too in the open day , committing his mighty ...
... labour , and patience , could overcome the other . To protection in this manner by his hundred interests it was ow- ing , that the monster stalked in security for so long a time . He stalked too in the open day , committing his mighty ...
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... labour and other cruel means , and he had the generosity to vindi- cate their capacities from the charge , which they who held them in bondage brought against them , as a justification of their own wickedness in continuing to deprive ...
... labour and other cruel means , and he had the generosity to vindi- cate their capacities from the charge , which they who held them in bondage brought against them , as a justification of their own wickedness in continuing to deprive ...
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... labour upon their slaves , and to give them recreation on some of the grand festivals , and to instruct them in religion , as certain preventives of their decrease . An anonymous author of a pamphlet , entitled , An Essay in Vindication ...
... labour upon their slaves , and to give them recreation on some of the grand festivals , and to instruct them in religion , as certain preventives of their decrease . An anonymous author of a pamphlet , entitled , An Essay in Vindication ...
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... labour , and their punishments . But , without going into particulars , the general account he gives of them is affecting : " It is impossible , " he " for a human heart to reflect upon says , the slavery of these dregs of mankind ...
... labour , and their punishments . But , without going into particulars , the general account he gives of them is affecting : " It is impossible , " he " for a human heart to reflect upon says , the slavery of these dregs of mankind ...
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abolition afterwards Anthony Benezet appeared barbarous became began behalf bill Bristol brought captain cause chief mate Christian circumstances committee concerned consequence consideration considered cruel desired duty England esquire evidence evil favour feelings forerunners and coadjutors gave give Granville Sharp Harry Gandy heard honour human impolicy injured Africans inquiry interest island ject John John Woolman labours letter Liverpool London Lord manner manumission mate means ment mentioned mind misery muster-rolls natives nature Negros never Norris object occasion oppressed Africans parliament persons Peter Green petitions Pitt planters present privy council procuring promotion purpose Quakers question Ramsay religion religious respect seamen sent ship Sir Charles Middleton Slave-trade slave-vessels slavery slaves Society soon sufferings thing thought tion took trade traffic usage vessels voyage West Indies Wilberforce William Dillwyn wished yearly meeting
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Page 108 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more ! My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man.
Page 386 - Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head : and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it...
Page 109 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 139 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 53 - Lured by the scent Of steaming crowds, of rank disease and death, Behold ! he rushing cuts the briny flood, Swift as the gale can bear the ship along ; And, from the partners of that cruel trade, Which spoils unhappy Guinea of her sons, Demands his share of prey ; demands themselves.
Page 154 - I found, from place to place, this uneasiness return upon me, at times, through the whole visit.
Page 109 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Page 108 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 45 - Whereto thus Adam fatherly displeased. "O execrable son so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given; He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.
Page 152 - I was hired by the year, that it was my master who directed me to do it, and that it was an elderly man, a member of our Society, who bought her; so through weakness I gave way, and wrote...