Memoirs of the Life of Anthony BenezetJames P. Parke, 1817 - 136 עמודים Anthony Benezet was an 18th century reformer/abolitionist. |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 10
עמוד 36
... a million of slaves are owned within its jurisdiction , famed as is the empire of the west for rational liberty Vide Clarkson's history of the abolition of the slave trade . and equal laws , the understanding revolts , and the 36 MEMOIRS ...
... a million of slaves are owned within its jurisdiction , famed as is the empire of the west for rational liberty Vide Clarkson's history of the abolition of the slave trade . and equal laws , the understanding revolts , and the 36 MEMOIRS ...
עמוד 42
... liberty of writing to thee , about seven or eight months past , under cover of my friend Benjamin Franklin , and likewise by JB , who , we are afraid , was lost on his passage . Having re- ceived no answer by several vessels , nor ...
... liberty of writing to thee , about seven or eight months past , under cover of my friend Benjamin Franklin , and likewise by JB , who , we are afraid , was lost on his passage . Having re- ceived no answer by several vessels , nor ...
עמוד 45
... liberty of their own brethren . Let us rise , and rise with energy , against the corruption introduced into the principles and manners of the masters and owners of slaves , by a conduct so contrary to humanity , reason , and religion ...
... liberty of their own brethren . Let us rise , and rise with energy , against the corruption introduced into the principles and manners of the masters and owners of slaves , by a conduct so contrary to humanity , reason , and religion ...
עמוד 47
... tressed , I take the liberty , very respectfully , to offer to thy perusal some tracts , which I believe " faithfully describe the suffering condition of ma- ny hundred thousands of our fellow creatures , of the ANTHONY BENEZET . 47.
... tressed , I take the liberty , very respectfully , to offer to thy perusal some tracts , which I believe " faithfully describe the suffering condition of ma- ny hundred thousands of our fellow creatures , of the ANTHONY BENEZET . 47.
עמוד 48
... liberty , have long been , and yet are , very deeply concerned in this flagrant violation of the com- mon rights of mankind , and that even its national authority is exerted in support of the African slave trade , there is much reason ...
... liberty , have long been , and yet are , very deeply concerned in this flagrant violation of the com- mon rights of mankind , and that even its national authority is exerted in support of the African slave trade , there is much reason ...
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עמוד 66 - Is it not amazing that, at a time when the rights of humanity are defined and understood with precision, in a country above all others fond of liberty, that, in such an age, and...
עמוד 55 - Princes shall come out of Egypt ; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
עמוד 98 - Parents were separated from children, and husbands from wives, some of whom have not to this day met again ; and we were so crowded in the transport vessels, that we had not room even for all our bodies to lay down at once, and consequently were prevented from carrying with us proper necessaries, especially for the support and comfort of the aged and weak, many of whom quickly ended their misery with their...
עמוד 66 - Would any one believe that I am master of slaves of my own purchase ? I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living without them. I will not, I cannot, justify it...
עמוד 67 - I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we can do is to improve it, if it happens in our day ; if not, let us transmit to our descendants, together with our slaves, a pity for their unhappy .lot, and an abhorrence for slavery.
עמוד 28 - I can with truth and sincerity declare, that I have found amongst the negroes as great variety of talents, as among a like number of whites ; and I am bold to assert, that the notion entertained by some that the blacks are inferior in their capacities, is a vulgar prejudice founded on the pride or ignorance of their lordly masters, who have kept their slaves at such a distance as to be unable to form a right judgment of them.
עמוד 65 - I thank you for it. It is not a little surprising, that the professors of Christianity, whose chief excellence consists in softening the human heart, in cherishing and improving its finer feelings, should encourage a practice so totally repugnant to the first impressions of right and wrong.
עמוד 46 - African slave trade, there is much reason to apprehend that this has been, and as long as the evil exists, will continue to be, an occasion of drawing down the Divine displeasure on the nation and its dependencies. May these considerations induce thee to interpose thy kind endeavours...
עמוד 47 - by whom kings reign, and princes decree justice," to avert the awful judgments by which the empire has. already been so remarkably shaken ; but that the blessings of thousands ready to perish may come upon thee, at a time when the superior advantages attendant on thy situation in this world, will no longer be of any avail to thy consolation and support. •
עמוד 66 - I will not, I cannot justify it. However culpable my conduct, I will so far pay my devoir to virtue, as to own the excellence and rectitude of her precepts, and lament my want of conformity to them.