Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour: To which is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 57
Page 4
... dying and sewing . Golberry says that ' in Africa there are no beggars except the blind . ' " Adanson , who visited Senegal in 1754 , when describing the country , says , It recalled to me the idea of the primitive race of men . I ...
... dying and sewing . Golberry says that ' in Africa there are no beggars except the blind . ' " Adanson , who visited Senegal in 1754 , when describing the country , says , It recalled to me the idea of the primitive race of men . I ...
Page 5
... died when about 70 years of age . 2. Struck with the conspicuous talents of this negro , when he was quite young , the Duke of Montague , Gov ernor of the Island , proposed to try whether , by an im- proved education , he would be equal ...
... died when about 70 years of age . 2. Struck with the conspicuous talents of this negro , when he was quite young , the Duke of Montague , Gov ernor of the Island , proposed to try whether , by an im- proved education , he would be equal ...
Page 6
... died near the close of the century . Ignatius Sancho . 1. The parents of Sancho were brought from Africa . in a vessel employed in the slave trade , and he was born on the passage . When they arrived at Carthagena he received the name ...
... died near the close of the century . Ignatius Sancho . 1. The parents of Sancho were brought from Africa . in a vessel employed in the slave trade , and he was born on the passage . When they arrived at Carthagena he received the name ...
Page 7
... died on the 15th of December , 1780. After his death a fine edition of his letters were published ; a few ex- tracts from which will close this account . 6. " According to the plan of the Deity , commerce , " said he , " ought to render ...
... died on the 15th of December , 1780. After his death a fine edition of his letters were published ; a few ex- tracts from which will close this account . 6. " According to the plan of the Deity , commerce , " said he , " ought to render ...
Page 12
... died in 1780 , about the 26th year of her age , much lamented by those who knew her worth . She had one child , which died very young ; and her husband surviv-- ed her only three years . Poor Sarah ; Or , Religion Exemplified in theLife ...
... died in 1780 , about the 26th year of her age , much lamented by those who knew her worth . She had one child , which died very young ; and her husband surviv-- ed her only three years . Poor Sarah ; Or , Religion Exemplified in theLife ...
Other editions - View all
Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour: To ... No preview available - 1837 |
Common terms and phrases
African African Free Schools appeared arrived asked benevolent Bible blessed brought captain Charles City County chimney sweep Christ Christian colony color comfort dear death died dollars Ebenezer F emancipation eyes EZRA DARBY faithful father feel freedom gave gentleman give hand happy Hayti hear heard heart heaven hope husband Island Jack Jesus kind labor land letter Liberia liberty little sweep lived Lord Manumission manumitted Massa master mercy mind mistress Monrovia morning negro never New-York night persons Philadelphia Phillis Wheatley poor pray received religion respect Sarah Saviour sent sick slavery slaves Society Solomon Bayley soon sorrow soul spirit suffering sweep tears tell thee thing thou thought tion told took Toussaint Uncle Harry unto Vassa vessel Virginia West Indies wife woman words Zedekiah
Popular passages
Page 68 - 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 57 - Be ye angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath : neither give place to the devil.
Page 50 - I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there ye may be also.
Page 197 - That the senators and representatives of this state, in the Congress of the United States...
Page 123 - Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying, "Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Page 156 - The rites of hospitality being thus performed towards a stranger in distress, my worthy benefactress — pointing to the mat, and telling me I might sleep there without apprehension — called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night.
Page 46 - 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 41 - Blessing, honour, glory, and power be unto him, that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb, for ever and ever.
Page 11 - To the Publick" that prefaces Phillis Wheatley's book and that reads in part: We whose Names are under-written, do assure the World, that the Poems specified in the following Page, were (as we verily believe) written by Phillis, a young Negro Girl, who was but a few Years since, brought an uncultivated Barbarian from Africa, and has ever since been, and now is, under the Disadvantage of serving as a Slave in a Family in this Town. She has been examined by some of the best Judges, and is thought qualified...
Page 136 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.