 | Henry Winter Davis - 1867 - 616 pages
...foundation for those opinions which he so heroically and constantly defended in all his after life. Referring to this period, he said, long afterward,...wronged, and sighed for freedom. They were attached to ray father and loved me, yet they habitually spoke of the day when God would deliver them." He subsequently... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 848 pages
...game. The insight into slavery that he thus gained affected him strongly. lie said, in after years: "My familiar association with the slaves, while a...their feelings and views. They spoke with freedom l>eforv a boy what they would have repressed before a man. They were far from indifferent to their... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1898 - 810 pages
...game. The insight into slavery that he thus gained affected him strongly. He said, in utter years: " My familiar association with the slaves, while a boy,...before a boy what they would have repressed before « man. They were far from indifferent to their condition ; they felt wronged, and sighed for freedom.... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 812 pages
...game. The insight into slavery that he thus gained affected him strongly. He said, in after years : " My familiar association with the slaves, while a boy,...before a man. They were far from indifferent to their VOL. II. — 7 condition ; they felt wronged, and sighed for freedom. They were attached to my father,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown - 1904 - 490 pages
...to the neglect of his studies. He leaves record of this association as follows: " They [the slaves] spoke with freedom before a boy what they would have...condition; they felt wronged and sighed for freedom; they habitually spoke of the day when God would deliver them." He was graduated at Kenyon college in 1837.... | |
 | Bernard Christian Steiner - 1916 - 430 pages
...the end of three days had accomplished our march — a pretty good one for a boy of thirteen years. My familiar association with the slaves while a boy...far from indifferent to their condition. They felt the wrong and sighed for freedom. They were attached to my father and loved me, yet they habitually... | |
 | Bernard Christian Steiner - 1916 - 430 pages
...the end of three days had accomplished our march — a pretty good one for a boy of thirteen years. My familiar association with the slaves while a boy...far from indifferent to their condition. They felt the wrong and sighed for freedom. They were attached to my father and loved me, yet they habitually... | |
 | 1866 - 40 pages
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My familiar association with the slaves while a boy gave me great insight into their feelings and views. They spoke with freedom before a boy what they would have repressed before a man. They were far from indifferent to their condition ; they felt wronged... 