Memoirs of the Life of Anthony BenezetJames P. Parke, 1817 - 136 עמודים Anthony Benezet was an 18th century reformer/abolitionist. |
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... " He was the offspring of humanity , And every child of sorrow was his brother . " PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY JAMES P. PARKE , NO . 74 , SOUTH SECOND STREET . Merritt , Printer . STOR LIL . 1375 NEW - YORS District of Pennsylvania 1817 .
... " He was the offspring of humanity , And every child of sorrow was his brother . " PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY JAMES P. PARKE , NO . 74 , SOUTH SECOND STREET . Merritt , Printer . STOR LIL . 1375 NEW - YORS District of Pennsylvania 1817 .
עמוד 22
... which he also wrote and published several essays on the subject of the slave trade ; representing in a forcible and affecting manner the crimes which it begot , the miseries which it inflicted , and the awful con- sequences 22.
... which he also wrote and published several essays on the subject of the slave trade ; representing in a forcible and affecting manner the crimes which it begot , the miseries which it inflicted , and the awful con- sequences 22.
עמוד 26
... published here on that subject , wherein are truly set forth the great inhumanity and wickedness which this trade gives life to , whereby hundreds of thousands of our fellow creatures , equally with us the objects of Christ's redeeming ...
... published here on that subject , wherein are truly set forth the great inhumanity and wickedness which this trade gives life to , whereby hundreds of thousands of our fellow creatures , equally with us the objects of Christ's redeeming ...
עמוד 40
... publish , and which I trust will af ford thee some satisfaction ; their design being for the furtherance of that universal peace , and good will amongst men , which the gospel was intended to introduce . I hope thou will kindly excuse ...
... publish , and which I trust will af ford thee some satisfaction ; their design being for the furtherance of that universal peace , and good will amongst men , which the gospel was intended to introduce . I hope thou will kindly excuse ...
עמוד 46
... published on account of the late negroe trial . He has wrote me a long intel- ligent letter , with relation to the situation of things in London on that head , which I shall be well pleased to have an opportunity to communi- eate to ...
... published on account of the late negroe trial . He has wrote me a long intel- ligent letter , with relation to the situation of things in London on that head , which I shall be well pleased to have an opportunity to communi- eate to ...
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עמוד 99 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
עמוד 54 - ... as repugnant to humanity, as it is inconsistent with the Bible, and destructive to liberty? Every thinking, honest man rejects it in speculation how few in practice from conscientious motives...
עמוד 55 - 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 53 - 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. What adds to the wonder is, that this abominable practice has been introduced in the most enlightened ages.
עמוד 54 - Would any one believe that I am master of slaves, of my own purchase ! I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living here without them. 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.
עמוד 54 - Times that seem to have pretensions to boast of high improvements in the arts and sciences and refined morality, have brought into general use, and guarded by many laws, a species of violence and tyranny which our more rude and barbarous, but more honest, ancestors detested.
עמוד 70 - Cousins know this, and that you promised to go away as soon as you drove the French away, and yet you stay there, and build Houses, and make it stronger and stronger every Day; for this Reason we entirely deny your Request; you shall not have a Road this Way.
עמוד 53 - I take this opportunity to acknowledge the receipt of Anthony Benezet's book against the slave-trade : I thank you for it. It is not a little surprising, that the professors of Christianity, whose chief excellence consists in softening...