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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... masters , by whom not only every venial fault , every mere inadvertence or mistake , but even real virtues , are liable to be construed into the most atrocious crimes , and punished as such , according to their caprice or rage , while ...
... masters , by whom not only every venial fault , every mere inadvertence or mistake , but even real virtues , are liable to be construed into the most atrocious crimes , and punished as such , according to their caprice or rage , while ...
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... masters . They are much more likely to kill their masters , in order to obtain their liberty , or to revenge the abuse they receive , while it is still continued , than to do it after the abuse hath ceased , and they are restored to ...
... masters . They are much more likely to kill their masters , in order to obtain their liberty , or to revenge the abuse they receive , while it is still continued , than to do it after the abuse hath ceased , and they are restored to ...
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... masters for a year or other term , as is done , perhaps in all the states , with regard to the poor white people in like manner vicious , idle or incapable of manage- ment . Such black overseers would naturally be ambitious to discharge ...
... masters for a year or other term , as is done , perhaps in all the states , with regard to the poor white people in like manner vicious , idle or incapable of manage- ment . Such black overseers would naturally be ambitious to discharge ...
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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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