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... common . I believe that a large proportion of masters are as kind to their slaves as they can be , consistently with keeping them in bondage ; but it must be allowed that this , to make the best of it , is very stinted kindness . And ...
... common . I believe that a large proportion of masters are as kind to their slaves as they can be , consistently with keeping them in bondage ; but it must be allowed that this , to make the best of it , is very stinted kindness . And ...
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... common rémark , that it is not quite safe , in most cases , for even pa- rents to be entirely dependant on the generosity of their chil dren ; and if human nature be such , what has the slave to expect , when he becomes a mere bill of ...
... common rémark , that it is not quite safe , in most cases , for even pa- rents to be entirely dependant on the generosity of their chil dren ; and if human nature be such , what has the slave to expect , when he becomes a mere bill of ...
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... common good to all other considera- tions , there would not be a slave in the United States , at the end of half a century . The arguments in support of slavery are all hollow and deceptive , though frequently very specious . No one ...
... common good to all other considera- tions , there would not be a slave in the United States , at the end of half a century . The arguments in support of slavery are all hollow and deceptive , though frequently very specious . No one ...
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... of misery is very great . Husbands and wives , parents and children , are rudely torn from each other ; -there can be no doubt of this fact : advertisements are very common , in which a mother and her children ON ALL CONCERNED IN IT . 35.
... of misery is very great . Husbands and wives , parents and children , are rudely torn from each other ; -there can be no doubt of this fact : advertisements are very common , in which a mother and her children ON ALL CONCERNED IN IT . 35.
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Lydia Maria Child. very common , in which a mother and her children are of fered either in a lot , or separately , as may suit the purchaser . In one of these advertisements , I observed it stated that the youngest child was about a year ...
Lydia Maria Child. very common , in which a mother and her children are of fered either in a lot , or separately , as may suit the purchaser . In one of these advertisements , I observed it stated that the youngest child was about a year ...
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Page 22 - I know nothing that could, in this view, be said better, than " do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you...
Page 103 - Ecstasy! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, That not your trespass but my madness speaks; It will but skin and film the ulcerous place, Whiles rank corruption, mining all within, Infects unseen.
Page 110 - Twas for your pleasure you came here — you shall go back for mine." Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast, for which he paid full dear! For, while he spake, a braying ass did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, as he had done before.
Page 31 - And in case any person" or persons shall wilfully cut out the tongue, put out the eye, castrate, or cruelly scald, burn, or deprive any slave of any limb or member, or shall inflict any other cruel punishment, other than by whipping or beating with a horse-whip, cow-skin, switch or small stick, or by putting irons on, or confining or imprisoning such slave, every such person shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds, current money.
Page 148 - Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee ; air, earth, and skies ; There's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee ; thou hast great allies ; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and Man's unconquerable mind.
Page 12 - The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.
Page 28 - Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Page 179 - Here under leave of Brutus and the rest (For Brutus is an honorable man; So are they all, all honorable men), Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
Page 179 - And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
Page 8 - History, expressed her concern lest any of the Africans should be carried off without their free consent, declaring, " that it would be detestable and call down the vengeance of Heaven upon the undertakers.