Memoirs of the Life of Anthony BenezetJames P. Parke, 1817 - 136 עמודים Anthony Benezet was an 18th century reformer/abolitionist. |
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עמוד
... Religious Society of Friends . Manuscript Memorandums , by Anthony Benezet , present- ed to the late pious and ... Religion on the Mind , by Lindley Murray . Minot , volume I. chapter 10 . Universal History , volume XL , page 201 ...
... Religious Society of Friends . Manuscript Memorandums , by Anthony Benezet , present- ed to the late pious and ... Religion on the Mind , by Lindley Murray . Minot , volume I. chapter 10 . Universal History , volume XL , page 201 ...
עמוד 1
... religious opinions , by the per- secutions of that period , as to be induced to re- tire from his native place in Holland , and take up his abode at Courteray , a town of the Austrian Netherlands . Of the numerous descendants from ...
... religious opinions , by the per- secutions of that period , as to be induced to re- tire from his native place in Holland , and take up his abode at Courteray , a town of the Austrian Netherlands . Of the numerous descendants from ...
עמוד 2
... religious character of the paternal predecessors of Anthony Benezet . The nativities , marriages and deaths noted in it ; are uniformly accompanied with sentiments of piety . Connected with the register of his grandfather's demise , the ...
... religious character of the paternal predecessors of Anthony Benezet . The nativities , marriages and deaths noted in it ; are uniformly accompanied with sentiments of piety . Connected with the register of his grandfather's demise , the ...
עמוד 3
... religious opinions . His estate on this account was confis- cated in 1715 , when he withdrew from his native country , and sought refuge in Holland . At this time his son Anthony was an infant , a circumstance which no doubt greatly ...
... religious opinions . His estate on this account was confis- cated in 1715 , when he withdrew from his native country , and sought refuge in Holland . At this time his son Anthony was an infant , a circumstance which no doubt greatly ...
עמוד 4
... In this situation he did not long continue , declining , from motives of a religious nature , to be occupied in the enter- prises of commerce . Having chosen a mechanical business he engaged himself with a cooper , but it 4 ,
... In this situation he did not long continue , declining , from motives of a religious nature , to be occupied in the enter- prises of commerce . Having chosen a mechanical business he engaged himself with a cooper , but it 4 ,
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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...