The Sable Cloud: A Southern Tale, with Northern CommentsTicknor and Fields, 1861 - 275 pages |
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... master . ” SOUTHERN gentleman , who was visiting in New York , sent me , with his reply to my inquiries for the welfare of his family at home , the following letter which he had just received from one of his married daughters in the ...
... master . ” SOUTHERN gentleman , who was visiting in New York , sent me , with his reply to my inquiries for the welfare of his family at home , the following letter which he had just received from one of his married daughters in the ...
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... master and slave . We at the North should all be wicked if we had such opportunities ; we know , therefore , that you must be . Because you will not let us reprove you for it , we cut off our correspondence with your Southern ...
... master and slave . We at the North should all be wicked if we had such opportunities ; we know , therefore , that you must be . Because you will not let us reprove you for it , we cut off our correspondence with your Southern ...
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... way , being a friend of oppression , had no right to speak in a meeting in behalf of freedom ; ) " I agree to that , " said he , " Mr. Chairman , and I move that the School - master be added to the Committee . " 50 THE SABLE CLOUD .
... way , being a friend of oppression , had no right to speak in a meeting in behalf of freedom ; ) " I agree to that , " said he , " Mr. Chairman , and I move that the School - master be added to the Committee . " 50 THE SABLE CLOUD .
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A Southern Tale, with Northern Comments Nehemiah Adams. School - master be added to the Committee . " What a cruel laugh went through the meeting ! while the most distinguished friends of the slave had hard work to con- trol their faces ...
A Southern Tale, with Northern Comments Nehemiah Adams. School - master be added to the Committee . " What a cruel laugh went through the meeting ! while the most distinguished friends of the slave had hard work to con- trol their faces ...
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... masters , including women and chil- dren , we recognize a state of preparedness for the pro- scription and banishment of all who do not come up to the high abolition standard ; but that in carrying out that project , we ought first to ...
... masters , including women and chil- dren , we recognize a state of preparedness for the pro- scription and banishment of all who do not come up to the high abolition standard ; but that in carrying out that project , we ought first to ...
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Page 165 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over...
Page 157 - For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
Page 220 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Page 206 - With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
Page 169 - God is a spirit, infinite, eternal, unchangeable in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth.
Page 94 - For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 214 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.
Page 91 - Oh, may I love like thee, In all thy footsteps tread; Thou hatest all iniquity, But nothing thou hast made. "Oh, may I learn the art, With meekness to reprove; To hate the sin with all my heart, But still the sinner love.
Page 159 - I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free...
Page 220 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee : he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.