The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-trade by the British Parliament, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 - Abolitionists |
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... been killed , in the former volume , was to be seen among these . We were now advanced far into February , when we were alarmed by the intelligence that that the Lords of the Council were going to prepare 16 THE HISTORY OF THE.
... been killed , in the former volume , was to be seen among these . We were now advanced far into February , when we were alarmed by the intelligence that that the Lords of the Council were going to prepare 16 THE HISTORY OF THE.
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... former volume , who had promised me , when I was in Bristol , in the year 1787 , that they would keep a journal of facts for me during the voyages they were then going to perform . They had both of them kept this promise . Gardiner , I ...
... former volume , who had promised me , when I was in Bristol , in the year 1787 , that they would keep a journal of facts for me during the voyages they were then going to perform . They had both of them kept this promise . Gardiner , I ...
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... former ; so that thousands of slaves would be let loose in the islands to rob or perish , and who could never be brought back again into habits of useful industry . An attempt was then made to excite their pity in behalf of the planters ...
... former ; so that thousands of slaves would be let loose in the islands to rob or perish , and who could never be brought back again into habits of useful industry . An attempt was then made to excite their pity in behalf of the planters ...
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... former extent . This was , indeed , a very weak argument ; and , if it would defend the continuance of the Slave - trade , might equal- ly ly be urged in favour of robbery , murder , ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE - TRADE . 61.
... former extent . This was , indeed , a very weak argument ; and , if it would defend the continuance of the Slave - trade , might equal- ly ly be urged in favour of robbery , murder , ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE - TRADE . 61.
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... former existence : but now they could no longer plead ignorance concern- ing them . They had seen them brought directly before their eyes , and they must de- cide for themselves , and must justify to the world and their own consciences ...
... former existence : but now they could no longer plead ignorance concern- ing them . They had seen them brought directly before their eyes , and they must de- cide for themselves , and must justify to the world and their own consciences ...
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Page 517 - only lo discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace ' And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; hut torture without end Still urges?
Page 184 - brought us To the man-degrading mart, All sustain'd by patience, taught us Only by a broken heart: % " Deem our nation brutes no longer, Till some reason you shall find Worthier of regard, and stronger, Than the colour of our kind. Slaves of gold ! whose sordid dealings Tarnish all your boasted powers, Prove that
Page 183 - screws, Are the means, which duty urges Agents of his will to use ? " Hark ! he answers. Wild tornadoes, Strewing yonder sea with wrecks, Wasting towns, plantations, meadows, Are the voice with which he speaks. He, foreseeing what vexations Afric's sons should undergo, Fix.'d their tyrants' habitations Where his whirlwinds answer—No.
Page 182 - Forced from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn, To increase a stranger's treasures, O'er the raging billows borne ; Men from England bought and sold me, Paid my price in paltry gold ; But, though theirs they have inroll'd me,
Page 184 - shall find Worthier of regard, and stronger, Than the colour of our kind. Slaves of gold ! whose sordid dealings Tarnish all your boasted powers, Prove that you have human feelings, Ere you proudly question ours.
Page 183 - claim; Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in black and white the same. " Why did all-creating Nature Make the plant, for which we toil ? Sighs must fan it, tears must water, Sweat of
Page 183 - ye masters, iron-hearted, Lolling at your jovial boards, Think, how many backs have smarted For the sweets your cane affords. " Is there, as you sometimes tell us, Is there one, who rules
Page 183 - Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights, I ask, Me from my delights to sever, Me to torture, me to task ? Fleecy locks and black complexion Cannot
Page 184 - By our blood in Afric wasted, Ere our necks received the chain ; By the miseries, which we tasted Crossing, in your barks, the main; By our sufferings^ since you brought us To the man-degrading mart, All
Page 346 - OF THE Africans, excluded, with the most virtuous resolution, the sweets, to which they had been accustomed, from their lips. By the best computation I was able to make from notes taken down in my journey, no fewer than three hundred thousand persons had abandoned the use of sugar. Having travelled over Wales, and two