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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... humanity , can restrain your hands from shedding human blood in such an impious cause ; we must then tell you , that we never will submit to be hewers of wood or drawers of water for any ministry or nation on earth . And in future , let ...
... humanity , can restrain your hands from shedding human blood in such an impious cause ; we must then tell you , that we never will submit to be hewers of wood or drawers of water for any ministry or nation on earth . And in future , let ...
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... human flesh , to forge a chain For those who may with them in glory reign ? But , independent of the christian light , 3 Humanity is outrag'd , every right Of human nature trampled to the ground ; By men who deify an empty sound , And ...
... human flesh , to forge a chain For those who may with them in glory reign ? But , independent of the christian light , 3 Humanity is outrag'd , every right Of human nature trampled to the ground ; By men who deify an empty sound , And ...
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... human kind to save . A God of wisdom , justice , mercy , peace ! Whose word ( constru'd by potentees of grace ) Breathes death and vengeance to the human race . I pause to freedom's sons - my lays belong , And hence to them I consecrate ...
... human kind to save . A God of wisdom , justice , mercy , peace ! Whose word ( constru'd by potentees of grace ) Breathes death and vengeance to the human race . I pause to freedom's sons - my lays belong , And hence to them I consecrate ...
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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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