The Liberty bell, by friends of freedom [ed. by M.W. Chapman].Maria Weston Chapman 1856 |
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Abolitionists America American Anti-Slavery Society Anti-Slavery auction babe beautiful Bishop blessing Boston cause Christian church City coloured cruel curse write DANIEL WEBSTER dare dark Divine DOCTOR OF DIVINITY ducat Dutch earth emancipation Englishman evil eyes faith Faneuil Hall flowers FRANCIS JACKSON freedom gambang gone grave Grésik hand hear heard heart heaven honour hope human infidel Java Javanese justice kind King ladies lashes laugh Liberty listened little Jan live Long Parliament looked Madame Madame Van der Maria master Mayor mind mistress moral nation negro Nemesis never night oppressed parlour passed piety plaything political poor present principle race religion religious round slave Slave Power slaveholding Society soul sound spirit stand stood suffer Surabaya tamarind Testimony against Slavery thou thought tion triumph true truth Van der Veen Veen Veen's voice word wrong Ye shall watch Zaida
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