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... Berbice , fatally smitten in the same house and hour as her father . She is the second daughter of John Wray , and the elder of two surviving sisters , all that remain of his family . Born in 1811 , during the critical period in the ...
... Berbice , fatally smitten in the same house and hour as her father . She is the second daughter of John Wray , and the elder of two surviving sisters , all that remain of his family . Born in 1811 , during the critical period in the ...
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... BERBICE , June , 1811 - June , 1813 . IV . SETTLEMENT IN BERBICE , TO SECOND RETURN ΤΟ ENGLAND , June , 1813 - December , 1817 . 57 100 • • 153 V. SECOND RETURN TO ENGLAND , TO INSURRECTION IN DEMERARA , AND DEATH OF JOHN SMITH ...
... BERBICE , June , 1811 - June , 1813 . IV . SETTLEMENT IN BERBICE , TO SECOND RETURN ΤΟ ENGLAND , June , 1813 - December , 1817 . 57 100 • • 153 V. SECOND RETURN TO ENGLAND , TO INSURRECTION IN DEMERARA , AND DEATH OF JOHN SMITH ...
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... Berbice and amid trouble there , was prevented only by the interference of its friendly Governor being found at the side of Smith when the latter became the victim of Demerara's crowning crime , we quote the last entry of Mr ...
... Berbice and amid trouble there , was prevented only by the interference of its friendly Governor being found at the side of Smith when the latter became the victim of Demerara's crowning crime , we quote the last entry of Mr ...
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... the early part of last century sent brethren up the Berbice river to instruct them ; but all in authority opposed the devoted men , who , going further , laboured then , and not without success , among the 8 LIFE OF JOHN WRAY ,
... the early part of last century sent brethren up the Berbice river to instruct them ; but all in authority opposed the devoted men , who , going further , laboured then , and not without success , among the 8 LIFE OF JOHN WRAY ,
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... Berbice . It was ended only by the arrival from Holland of a strong naval and military force , at a great cost to the Colony ; its suppression being followed by shocking torturings of the chief insurgents . Later on , despite the insect ...
... Berbice . It was ended only by the arrival from Holland of a strong naval and military force , at a great cost to the Colony ; its suppression being followed by shocking torturings of the chief insurgents . Later on , despite the insect ...
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Page 345 - That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
Page 236 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 170 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Page 269 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Page 303 - All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Page 7 - 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 164 - One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Page 92 - And such were some of you : but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Page 180 - That, through a determined and persevering, but at the hame time judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of His Majesty's subjects.