The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-trade by the British Parliament, Τόμος 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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Σελίδα 15
... Never was so much human suffering condensed , in so small a space . " I come now to the evil , as it has been proved to arise in the third case ; or to con- sider the situation of the unhappy victims of the trade , when their painful ...
... Never was so much human suffering condensed , in so small a space . " I come now to the evil , as it has been proved to arise in the third case ; or to con- sider the situation of the unhappy victims of the trade , when their painful ...
Σελίδα 23
... never ceased to be a witness of their existence . And it must strike us finally , that the misery and crimes , included in the evil as it has been found in foreign lands , were not confined within the shores of a little island . Most of ...
... never ceased to be a witness of their existence . And it must strike us finally , that the misery and crimes , included in the evil as it has been found in foreign lands , were not confined within the shores of a little island . Most of ...
Σελίδα 28
... never to de- spair ; for that , whatever checks and dis- couragements we may meet with , " no vir- tuous effort is ever ultimately lost . " And finally , it cannot be otherwise than useful to us to form the opinion , which the con ...
... never to de- spair ; for that , whatever checks and dis- couragements we may meet with , " no vir- tuous effort is ever ultimately lost . " And finally , it cannot be otherwise than useful to us to form the opinion , which the con ...
Σελίδα 29
... never so fully dwells in us , as when we do his will ; and that we never do his will more agreeably , as far as it has been revealed to us , than when we employ our time in works of charity towards the rest of our fellow - creatures ...
... never so fully dwells in us , as when we do his will ; and that we never do his will more agreeably , as far as it has been revealed to us , than when we employ our time in works of charity towards the rest of our fellow - creatures ...
Σελίδα 32
... never have been so effectual , if the minds of men had not been prepared by others , who had mov- ed before them . Great events have never taken place without previously disposing So it is in the case before us . Hence they , who lived ...
... never have been so effectual , if the minds of men had not been prepared by others , who had mov- ed before them . Great events have never taken place without previously disposing So it is in the case before us . Hence they , who lived ...
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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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Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.