Early American Abolitionists: A Collection of Anti-slavery Writings, 1760-1820James G. Basker Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, 2007 - 372 страници This compilation reprints fifteen anti-slavery texts that, almost without exception, have been out of print for nearly two centuries. The pamphlets, poems, letters, and other documents by anti-slavery writers-men and women, black and white-demonstrate that abolitionists were active in the early years of the American republic. The book's texts are reprinted with short introductions written by 12 Gilder Lehrman history scholars. --Amazon.com |
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... blood of all these wretches , who die before their time , whether in their country or elsewhere , lies upon your head . The blood of thy brother , ( for whether thou wilt believe it or no , such he is in the sight of him that made him ) ...
... blood of all these wretches , who die before their time , whether in their country or elsewhere , lies upon your head . The blood of thy brother , ( for whether thou wilt believe it or no , such he is in the sight of him that made him ) ...
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... blood e'en fertiliz'd the barren sand ; Where Hudson's craggy shores enclose his flood , * I saw the earth besmear'd with human blood ; The grim look'd king of terrors stalk around , And dying warriors bite the sordid ground ; Cæcaria's ...
... blood e'en fertiliz'd the barren sand ; Where Hudson's craggy shores enclose his flood , * I saw the earth besmear'd with human blood ; The grim look'd king of terrors stalk around , And dying warriors bite the sordid ground ; Cæcaria's ...
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... blood ; Oh how my bowels yearn to see the brave , The worthy WASHINGTON possess a slave ; If you whose sword still reeks with despots blood , Have drench'd your fields with Afric's purple flood ; Sure some malicious fiend to blot your ...
... blood ; Oh how my bowels yearn to see the brave , The worthy WASHINGTON possess a slave ; If you whose sword still reeks with despots blood , Have drench'd your fields with Afric's purple flood ; Sure some malicious fiend to blot your ...
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Or Observations on SlaveKeeping | 2 |
The African Chief | 7 |
3 A Serious Address to the Rulers of America on the Inconsistency | 53 |
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