The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-trade by the British Parliament, Bind 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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... soon after their creation , sin and misery entered into the world . The Poets in their fables , most of which , however extravagant they may seem , had their origin in truth , speak the same language . Some of these represent the first ...
... soon after their creation , sin and misery entered into the world . The Poets in their fables , most of which , however extravagant they may seem , had their origin in truth , speak the same language . Some of these represent the first ...
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... soon be esta- blished in favour both of Africans and of the natives in the Spanish settlements , and that he flattered himself that , being about to return and to live in the country of their slavery , he could look to the execution of ...
... soon be esta- blished in favour both of Africans and of the natives in the Spanish settlements , and that he flattered himself that , being about to return and to live in the country of their slavery , he could look to the execution of ...
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... soon as this determination was made known , the parties began to move off . Cap- tain Laird , however , who kept close to Strong , laid hold of him before he had quit- ted the room , and said aloud , " Then I now seize him as my slave ...
... soon as this determination was made known , the parties began to move off . Cap- tain Laird , however , who kept close to Strong , laid hold of him before he had quit- ted the room , and said aloud , " Then I now seize him as my slave ...
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... first ship , or in six months from this decision of the court . But soon after the work just mentioned was out , and when Mr. Sharp was better prepared , 1 prepared , a third case occurred . This hap- pened 72 THE HISTORY OF THE.
... first ship , or in six months from this decision of the court . But soon after the work just mentioned was out , and when Mr. Sharp was better prepared , 1 prepared , a third case occurred . This hap- pened 72 THE HISTORY OF THE.
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... soon as ever any slave set his foot upon English territory , he be- came free . Thus ended the great case of Somerset , which , having been determined after so de- liberate an investigation of the law , can ne- ver be reversed while the ...
... soon as ever any slave set his foot upon English territory , he be- came free . Thus ended the great case of Somerset , which , having been determined after so de- liberate an investigation of the law , can ne- ver be reversed while the ...
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abolition afterwards Anthony Benezet appeared asked barbarous became become began behalf bill bishop 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 injured Africans inquiry interest island ject John John Woolman labours letter Liverpool London Lord manner manumission mate ment mentioned mind misery muster-rolls natives nature Negros never 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 taken thing thought tion took trade traffic vessels voyage West Indies Wilberforce William Dillwyn wished yearly meeting
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Side 109 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast : Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not "blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Side 108 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Side 418 - And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 53 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Side 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. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Side 152 - I was so afflicted in my mind, that I said before my master and the Friend that I believed slave-keeping to be a practice inconsistent with the Christian religion. This, in some degree, abated my uneasiness; yet as often as I reflected seriously upon it I thought I should have been clearer if I had desired to be excused from it, as a thing against my conscience; for such it was.
Side 419 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.