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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... important one . But per- haps just as important is the notion conveyed by James Pemberton in a 1787 letter to the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in London , in which he sizes up the prospects for the first 84 EARLY ...
... important one . But per- haps just as important is the notion conveyed by James Pemberton in a 1787 letter to the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in London , in which he sizes up the prospects for the first 84 EARLY ...
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... important right . And a highway man , who robs a man of his money in the most easy and complaisant manner , is still a robber ; and murder may be effected in a manner the least cruel and tormenting ; still it is murder . Having now ...
... important right . And a highway man , who robs a man of his money in the most easy and complaisant manner , is still a robber ; and murder may be effected in a manner the least cruel and tormenting ; still it is murder . Having now ...
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... important part in the new war - for example , approximately ten percent of troops in the navy that sailed the Great Lakes were black.19 Perhaps Forten thought that this time such service from African Americans might actually win ...
... important part in the new war - for example , approximately ten percent of troops in the navy that sailed the Great Lakes were black.19 Perhaps Forten thought that this time such service from African Americans might actually win ...
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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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