The Slaves' Champion: The Life, Deeds, and Historical Days of William WilberforceNew Leaf Publishing Group, 2007 - 230 pages First published in London in 1861, this revealing biography of British abolitionist William Wilberforce gives a revealing look at his impact on British society and explores how he inspired American abolitionists in their effort to end slavery within the United States. |
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... persons interested in the good of their fellow - men , the combat has been regarded with more than ordinary interest ; many an eye of faith has looked forward to , and silent prayers moved , that victory might be won , however costly ...
... persons interested in the good of their fellow - men , the combat has been regarded with more than ordinary interest ; many an eye of faith has looked forward to , and silent prayers moved , that victory might be won , however costly ...
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... persons to whom one would give the credit of knowing better , excuse with all seriousness , their apathy , lukewarmness , and carelessness , by , " Oh ! what does it matter ? it will be all the same a hundred years hence . " Now , it ...
... persons to whom one would give the credit of knowing better , excuse with all seriousness , their apathy , lukewarmness , and carelessness , by , " Oh ! what does it matter ? it will be all the same a hundred years hence . " Now , it ...
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... persons who do acts of charity , and the like , that they may have praise of men , cannot be denied ; and that there ... person expects , so thoroughly inimical to our better and finer feelings , that , in charity , we hope not one ...
... persons who do acts of charity , and the like , that they may have praise of men , cannot be denied ; and that there ... person expects , so thoroughly inimical to our better and finer feelings , that , in charity , we hope not one ...
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... one instance , and in the other , in the council chamber of his sovereign — true nobility and true greatness may show , and has shown , itself at both stations . Thousands of instances are recorded of persons moving in the 15.
... one instance , and in the other , in the council chamber of his sovereign — true nobility and true greatness may show , and has shown , itself at both stations . Thousands of instances are recorded of persons moving in the 15.
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... persons moving in the highest ranks of society , adding by their actions nobleness to nobility , and greatness to eminence ; and among the middle and lower classes , of persons who have not only been the architects of their own fortune ...
... persons moving in the highest ranks of society , adding by their actions nobleness to nobility , and greatness to eminence ; and among the middle and lower classes , of persons who have not only been the architects of their own fortune ...
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Page 113 - THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.
Page 108 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee.
Page 137 - Is there, as ye sometimes tell us, Is there one, who reigns on high ? Has he bid you buy and sell us, Speaking from his throne the sky...
Page 121 - We cannot say the cause set forth by this return is allowed or approved of by the laws of this kingdom ; and therefore the man must be discharged.
Page 123 - to consider what step they should take for the relief and liberation of the negro slaves in the West Indies, and for the discouragement of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa.
Page 110 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 43 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven.
Page 184 - Cambridge — announced a prize for the best Latin essay on the question, " Is it right to make slaves of others against their will ?" A young man, then a student in one of the colleges, entered into the competition.
Page 222 - God on the heart of man ; and by that law, unchangeable and eternal, while men despise fraud, and loathe rapine, and abhor blood, they will reject with indignation the wild and guilty phantasy, that man can hold property in man...
Page 28 - Of earth and hell confederate take away ; A liberty which persecution, fraud, Oppression, prisons, have no power to bind ; Which whoso tastes can be enslaved no more.
References to this book
A Journey Through the Life of William Wilberforce: The Abolitionist Who ... Kevin Belmonte No preview available - 2006 |