Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour: To which is Added, a Selection of Pieces in PoetryAbigail Mott order of the trustees of the residuary estate of Lindley Murray, 1839 - African Americans - 408 pages |
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... mother a widow , and her children ratherless , and deprived the aged of their comfort and support in declining life . It is not to rehearse the ha- rangues , nor to set forth the eloquence of the man of science ; but to encourage virtue ...
... mother a widow , and her children ratherless , and deprived the aged of their comfort and support in declining life . It is not to rehearse the ha- rangues , nor to set forth the eloquence of the man of science ; but to encourage virtue ...
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... mother's freedom . The most horrible out rage that can be committed against a negro , is to curs his father or his mother , or to speak of either with con tempt . 66 Mungo Park observes , that a slave said to his mas ter , ' Strike me ...
... mother's freedom . The most horrible out rage that can be committed against a negro , is to curs his father or his mother , or to speak of either with con tempt . 66 Mungo Park observes , that a slave said to his mas ter , ' Strike me ...
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... mother to the grave ; and his father , being doomed to the horrors of slavery , in a mo- ment of despair put an end to his existence with his own hands . 2. Ignatius was not two years old when he was taken to England by his master , and ...
... mother to the grave ; and his father , being doomed to the horrors of slavery , in a mo- ment of despair put an end to his existence with his own hands . 2. Ignatius was not two years old when he was taken to England by his master , and ...
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... mothers , husbands , wives , broth- . ers , and children , and all that they hold dear ; in- voking Heaven , bathed in tears ; and enclosed in one another's arms , giving the last embrace , and instantly torn asunder ! " This spectacle ...
... mothers , husbands , wives , broth- . ers , and children , and all that they hold dear ; in- voking Heaven , bathed in tears ; and enclosed in one another's arms , giving the last embrace , and instantly torn asunder ! " This spectacle ...
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... mother , without hope and without God in the world , having been brought up in extreme ignorance . 66 11. Her husband treating her with great severity , she became dejected and sorrowful , and to use her own simple language , " I go ...
... mother , without hope and without God in the world , having been brought up in extreme ignorance . 66 11. Her husband treating her with great severity , she became dejected and sorrowful , and to use her own simple language , " I go ...
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Page 110 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 87 - Be ye angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath : neither give place to the devil.
Page 76 - I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there ye may be also.
Page 49 - Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth : for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Page 197 - But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord : and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.
Page 305 - That the Senators and Representatives of this state in the Congress of the United States...
Page 67 - For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 33 - He shines in the hearts and lives of all his true people. He commands them to let that " light so shine before men that they may see their good works and glorify their Father who is in heaven.
Page 196 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel ; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. But I will deliver thee in that day...
Page 248 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these : — " The winds roared and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.