The African Repository, Volumes 17-18American Colonization Society., 1967 - African Americans |
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Page 241
It is computed that at this very moment , twenty thousan ! human beings , crowded in the small and narrow slave ships , are floating on the ocean between the land from which they have been torn and the mart to which they are destined .
It is computed that at this very moment , twenty thousan ! human beings , crowded in the small and narrow slave ships , are floating on the ocean between the land from which they have been torn and the mart to which they are destined .
Page 177
Never before in the history of the world have its ravages been so destructive of human life - so fraught with human wretchedness and woe . The mind recoils with dismay from the contem plation of the fearful truths , which a slight ...
Never before in the history of the world have its ravages been so destructive of human life - so fraught with human wretchedness and woe . The mind recoils with dismay from the contem plation of the fearful truths , which a slight ...
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But happily for humanity and for liberty , that day is rapidly passing away ; the last sands in that hour - glass of blood and ... this opprobrium of the human race , incidental advantages to legitimate traffic will inevitably ensue .
But happily for humanity and for liberty , that day is rapidly passing away ; the last sands in that hour - glass of blood and ... this opprobrium of the human race , incidental advantages to legitimate traffic will inevitably ensue .
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TO THE SEVENTEENTH VOLUME OF | 1 |
Annual meeting the next | 16 |
African trade 65 | 65 |
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