"Liberty."American Anti-Slavery Society, 1839 - 141 pages |
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... hope it will not be conceived from these observations , that it is my wish to hold the unhappy people who are the subject of this letter , in slavery . I can only say , that there is not a man living , who wishes more sincerely than I ...
... hope it will not be conceived from these observations , that it is my wish to hold the unhappy people who are the subject of this letter , in slavery . I can only say , that there is not a man living , who wishes more sincerely than I ...
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... hope will apologize for the delay , and plead my excuse for the seeming , but not real neglect . I thank you most sin- cerely for your polite notice of me , in the elegant lines you enclosed ; and however undeserving I may be of such ...
... hope will apologize for the delay , and plead my excuse for the seeming , but not real neglect . I thank you most sin- cerely for your polite notice of me , in the elegant lines you enclosed ; and however undeserving I may be of such ...
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... hope we shall not . - Letter , Philadelphia , July 5th , 1776 . and they Great is Truth - great is Liberty - great is Humanity ; must and will prevail . - Letter to a friend . LAFAYETTE . While I am indulging in my views of American ...
... hope we shall not . - Letter , Philadelphia , July 5th , 1776 . and they Great is Truth - great is Liberty - great is Humanity ; must and will prevail . - Letter to a friend . LAFAYETTE . While I am indulging in my views of American ...
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... hope that that is preparing the deliverence of these our suffering brethren . When the measure of their tears shall be full - when their tears shall have involved heaven itself in darkness - doubtless a God of justice will awaken to ...
... hope that that is preparing the deliverence of these our suffering brethren . When the measure of their tears shall be full - when their tears shall have involved heaven itself in darkness - doubtless a God of justice will awaken to ...
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... hope for by a change , and nothing to lose , they have no fears of consequences . Despoiled of their rights by the acts of government and its citizens , they have no checks of pity , or of conscience , but are stimulated by the desire ...
... hope for by a change , and nothing to lose , they have no fears of consequences . Despoiled of their rights by the acts of government and its citizens , they have no checks of pity , or of conscience , but are stimulated by the desire ...
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Page 118 - If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Page 5 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it?
Page 118 - ... and cinnamon and odours and ointments, and frankincense and wine and oil, and fine flour and wheat, and beasts and sheep and horses, and chariots and slaves and souls of men.
Page 4 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 97 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 118 - For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another, 14.
Page 76 - Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee; air, earth, and skies; There's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee; thou hast great allies; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind.
Page 117 - But we all with open face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Page 24 - That the senators and representatives of this state, in the congress of the United States...
Page 97 - 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. Then what is man? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man?