The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-trade by the British Parliament, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 - Abolitionists |
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... duties , which it introduced on the subject of charity , or practical benevolence and love . Men in ancient times looked upon their talents , of whatever description , as their own , which they might use or cease to use at their ...
... duties , which it introduced on the subject of charity , or practical benevolence and love . Men in ancient times looked upon their talents , of whatever description , as their own , which they might use or cease to use at their ...
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... duty of the protection of his subjects , has surrounded them . He is now burning their habitations , and seizing , as saleable booty , the fugitives from the flames . Such then are some of the scenes that . have been passing in Africa ...
... duty of the protection of his subjects , has surrounded them . He is now burning their habitations , and seizing , as saleable booty , the fugitives from the flames . Such then are some of the scenes that . have been passing in Africa ...
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... duties belonging to the ties of life ! We are next to see them la- bouring , and this for the benefit of those , to whom they are under no obligation , by any law either natural or divine , to obey . We are to see them , if refusing the ...
... duties belonging to the ties of life ! We are next to see them la- bouring , and this for the benefit of those , to whom they are under no obligation , by any law either natural or divine , to obey . We are to see them , if refusing the ...
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... duty , seizes his innocent sub- jects , and sells them for slaves ? Are no mo- ral evils produced among those communi- ties , which make war upon other commu- nities for the sake of plunder , and without any previous provocation or ...
... duty , seizes his innocent sub- jects , and sells them for slaves ? Are no mo- ral evils produced among those communi- ties , which make war upon other commu- nities for the sake of plunder , and without any previous provocation or ...
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... duty , when we are commanded to clothe the naked , and feed the hungry , and visit the sick and in prison , in exposing them to want , in torturing them by cruel punishment , and in grinding them down by hard labour , so as to shorten ...
... duty , when we are commanded to clothe the naked , and feed the hungry , and visit the sick and in prison , in exposing them to want , in torturing them by cruel punishment , and in grinding them down by hard labour , so as to shorten ...
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abolition afterwards Anthony Benezet appeared asked barbarous became become began behalf bill bishop Bristol brought captain cause chief mate Christian circumstances committee concerned consequence consideration considered cruel desired duty England esquire evidence evil favour feelings forerunners and coadjutors gave give Granville Sharp Harry Gandy heard honour human injured Africans inquiry interest island ject John John Woolman labours letter Liverpool London Lord manner manumission mate ment mentioned mind misery muster-rolls natives nature Negros never object occasion oppressed Africans parliament persons Peter Green petitions Pitt planters present privy council procuring promotion purpose Quakers question Ramsay religion religious respect seamen sent ship Sir Charles Middleton Slave-trade slave-vessels slavery slaves Society soon sufferings taken thing thought tion took trade traffic vessels voyage West Indies Wilberforce William Dillwyn wished yearly meeting
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Page 109 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast : Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not "blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Page 108 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Page 418 - And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Page 109 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth, That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 45 - Whereto thus Adam fatherly displeased. "O execrable son so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given; He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.
Page 53 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 109 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire; that where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Page 152 - I was so afflicted in my mind, that I said before my master and the Friend that I believed slave-keeping to be a practice inconsistent with the Christian religion. This, in some degree, abated my uneasiness; yet as often as I reflected seriously upon it I thought I should have been clearer if I had desired to be excused from it, as a thing against my conscience; for such it was.
Page 419 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.