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Page 379
... observation , except when the collar was adorned , as it often was , with three or four projecting prongs , the object of which was to render it difficult for the bearer to make his way , in case of absconding , either through the cane ...
... observation , except when the collar was adorned , as it often was , with three or four projecting prongs , the object of which was to render it difficult for the bearer to make his way , in case of absconding , either through the cane ...
Page 382
... observed two wounds in particular , which seemed to have been inflicted with some blunt instrument , and in a great degree to have been the cause of the fever which was then upon her . Besides this , he testified that she had massive ...
... observed two wounds in particular , which seemed to have been inflicted with some blunt instrument , and in a great degree to have been the cause of the fever which was then upon her . Besides this , he testified that she had massive ...
Page 383
... observed by such slaves as were natives of India ) ; that on Monday morning he had returned to his mistress , who put him in chains ; but that at four o'clock he had escaped , and came to the police office , to complain of having been ...
... observed by such slaves as were natives of India ) ; that on Monday morning he had returned to his mistress , who put him in chains ; but that at four o'clock he had escaped , and came to the police office , to complain of having been ...
Page 392
... observe that the parties , from whom we obtained our information , are ready to be produced , whenever we are ... observation greater on this account , but their estimate of the parallel condition to their own which they were ...
... observe that the parties , from whom we obtained our information , are ready to be produced , whenever we are ... observation greater on this account , but their estimate of the parallel condition to their own which they were ...
Page 433
... observations of the good Bishop , on witnessing such a prostitution of the sacred truths and obligations of religion : - " Reciprocal duties ! " he exclaims , " Reciprocal duties ! -To have an adequate sense of the propriety of these ...
... observations of the good Bishop , on witnessing such a prostitution of the sacred truths and obligations of religion : - " Reciprocal duties ! " he exclaims , " Reciprocal duties ! -To have an adequate sense of the propriety of these ...
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Page 438 - And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Page 279 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
Page 498 - That through a determined and persevering, but, at the same time, judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the Slave Population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other Classes of His Majesty's Subjects.
Page 438 - The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy ; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Page 204 - I also heard the men themselves, that they sang with a loud voice, saying, " Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be to him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 294 - BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 390 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast.
Page 279 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 410 - Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Page 333 - ... the wild and guilty phantasy, that man can hold property in man ! In vain you appeal to treaties, to covenants between nations. The covenants of the Almighty, whether the old covenant or the new, denounce such unholy pretensions. To those laws did they of old refer, who maintained the African trade.