The Martyr Age of the United StatesWeeks, Jordan & Company, 1839 - 84 páginas |
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... anti - slavery cause in every land but those of European countries may take rank with the philanthropists of America who may espouse the cause of the aborigines : while the primary aboli- tionists of the United States have encountered ...
... anti - slavery cause in every land but those of European countries may take rank with the philanthropists of America who may espouse the cause of the aborigines : while the primary aboli- tionists of the United States have encountered ...
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... anti - slavery delegates from ten States out of the twentyfour of which the Union was at that time constituted . These ten States were the 16 MR AND MRS CHILD .
... anti - slavery delegates from ten States out of the twentyfour of which the Union was at that time constituted . These ten States were the 16 MR AND MRS CHILD .
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... slavery . At the close of this busy year it was found that the Auxiliary anti - Slavery Societies had increased from sixty to about two hundred . The great Executive Committee proposed to their constituents to " thank God and take ...
... slavery . At the close of this busy year it was found that the Auxiliary anti - Slavery Societies had increased from sixty to about two hundred . The great Executive Committee proposed to their constituents to " thank God and take ...
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... anti - Slavery Society in another State - of hav- ing books of an anti - Slavery tendency in his posses- sion , and of being believed to have circulated such in his travels . He was condemned to receive twenty lashes on his bare back in ...
... anti - Slavery Society in another State - of hav- ing books of an anti - Slavery tendency in his posses- sion , and of being believed to have circulated such in his travels . He was condemned to receive twenty lashes on his bare back in ...
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... slavery ( an act injurious to the peace of socie- ty ) might be brought under the penal laws of Massa- chusetts ; ex ... Anti - Slavery Society . We have arrived at the most remarkable period of the great struggle , when an equal share ...
... slavery ( an act injurious to the peace of socie- ty ) might be brought under the penal laws of Massa- chusetts ; ex ... Anti - Slavery Society . We have arrived at the most remarkable period of the great struggle , when an equal share ...
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abolition abolitionism abolitionists Alton Angelina annexation annexation of Texas Anti-Slavery Society appeal Arthur Tappan Birney body cause chairman Chapman child church circumstances citizens clergy clergyman color committee Congress consciences Convention danger dare declared District Dr Channing Dr Channing's duty emancipation Faneuil Hall fear feel female foes free discussion freedom Garrison gentlemen Grimke Hall hands HARVARD COLLEGE heard heart honorable hope House husband insult John Quincy Adams Knapp ladies Lane Seminary laws Legislature Lewis Tappan liberty lives Lovejoy M'Intosh MARTYR AGE Massachusetts meeting minds moral murdered never newspaper noble paper party peril persecution persons pledge present principle Quaker question remarkable resolutions Right and Wrong right of petition Senate slave-holders slavery slaves soul South southern spectacle spirit struggle sympathy Texas thought thrown tion truth ture Union United vindicating violence voice wife woman women Wrong in Boston young
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Página 8 - I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation . . . urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present.
Página 15 - ... from its deadliest curse ; to wipe out the foulest stain which rests upon our national escutcheon ; and to secure to the colored population of the United States, all the rights and privileges which belong to them as men, and as Americans — come what may to our persons, our interests, or our reputation — whether we live to witness the triumph of Liberty, Justice and Humanity, or perish untimely as martyrs in this great, benevolent, and holy cause.
Página 12 - Congress a proposed amendment declaring that "the Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper to secure to the citizens of each State all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States; and to all persons in the several States equal protection in the rights of life, liberty, and property.
Página 6 - Tell the republicans on your side of the line, that we royalists do not know men by their color. Should you come to us, you will be entitled to all the privileges of the rest of his majesty's subjects.
Página 37 - Domestic slavery, therefore, instead of being a political evil, is the corner-stone of our republican edifice. No patriot who justly estimates our privileges will tolerate the idea of emancipation at any period, however remote, or on any conditions of pecuniary advantage, however favorable. I would as soon open a negotiation for selling the liberty of the State at once, as for making any stipulations for the ultimate emancipation of our slaves.
Página 61 - For, remember, the Judge of that day is no respecter of persons. " Pause, I beseech you, and reflect. The present excitement will soon be over ; the voice of conscience will at last be heard : and in some season of honest thought, even in this world, as you review the scenes of this hour, you will be compelled to say,
Página 15 - God, we will do all that in us lies, consistently with this declaration of our principles, to overthrow the most execrable system of slavery that has ever been witnessed upon earth, to deliver our land from its deadliest curse, to wipe out the foulest stain which rests upon our national escutcheon, and to secure to the colored population of the United States all the rights and privileges which belong to them as men and as Americans...
Página 7 - Resolved, That we never will separate ourselves voluntarily from the slave population in this country ; they are our brethren by the ties of consanguinity, of suffering, and of wrong ; and we feel that there is more virtue in suffering privations with them, than fancied advantages for a season.
Página 66 - And has it come to this? Has Boston fallen so low? May not its citizens be trusted to come together to express the great principles of liberty, for which their fathers died? Are our fellow-citizens to be murdered in the act of defending their property, and of asserting the right of free discussion ; and is it unsafe in this metropolis, once the refuge of liberty, to express abhorrence of the deed?
Página 8 - The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal, and to hasten the resurrection of the dead!
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Ahead of Her Time: Abby Kelley and the Politics of Antislavery Dorothy Sterling Pré-visualização limitada - 1991 |