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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... obtaining his freedom , he married , and in the year 1756 es- tablished an hospital , at the Cape , for poor negroes and mulattoes . More than forty years were de- voted by him and his wife to this benevolent insti- tution , and his ...
... obtaining his freedom , he married , and in the year 1756 es- tablished an hospital , at the Cape , for poor negroes and mulattoes . More than forty years were de- voted by him and his wife to this benevolent insti- tution , and his ...
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... obtained by his domestic virtues . He died on the 15th of December , 1780. After his death , a fine edition of his letters was published ; a few extracts from which will close this account . 6. " According to the plan of the Deity , com ...
... obtained by his domestic virtues . He died on the 15th of December , 1780. After his death , a fine edition of his letters was published ; a few extracts from which will close this account . 6. " According to the plan of the Deity , com ...
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... gained over passion , immorality , and pride , is more deserving of a te Deum than that which is obtained in the field of ambition and carnage . " ATTOBAH CUGOANO Was born on the coast of Fantin , IGNATIUS SANCHO . 11.
... gained over passion , immorality , and pride , is more deserving of a te Deum than that which is obtained in the field of ambition and carnage . " ATTOBAH CUGOANO Was born on the coast of Fantin , IGNATIUS SANCHO . 11.
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... any school instruction , except what was given her in the family . 4. The art of writing she obtained by her own industry and curiosity , and in so short a time that , in the year 1765 , when she was not more PHILLIS WHEATLEY 15.
... any school instruction , except what was given her in the family . 4. The art of writing she obtained by her own industry and curiosity , and in so short a time that , in the year 1765 , when she was not more PHILLIS WHEATLEY 15.
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... obtained considerable learning , kept a grocery , and officiated as a lawyer , under the title of Dr. Peters , pleading the cause of his brethren , the Africans , before the tribunals of the state . 10. The reputation he enjoyed , with ...
... obtained considerable learning , kept a grocery , and officiated as a lawyer , under the title of Dr. Peters , pleading the cause of his brethren , the Africans , before the tribunals of the state . 10. The reputation he enjoyed , with ...
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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.