A Tribute for the Negro

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Cosimo, Inc., 2005. nov. 1. - 616 oldal
The purport of the present volume, in contradistinction to the idea of the Negro being designed only for a servile condition, is to demonstrate that the Sable inhabitants of Africa are capable of occupying a position in society very superior to that which has been generally assigned to them. -from the Preface This extraordinary book, first published in 1848, serves as both an angry denunciation of the "terrible institution" of slavery in the United States and a celebration of the survival and achievements of Africans in America in the pre-Civil War era. A Tribute for the Negro: .explains the "sin of slavery" .refutes notions of the correlation of intellectual ability to skin color .explores the history of slavery across the globe .discusses the "pernicious influence of slavery" .mounts an impassioned defense of African culture .offers numerous biographical accounts of slave life in America. An important document of the North American slave experience-and of the abolitionist movement it inspired both in the States and abroad-this is must reading for anyone interested in this most shameful aspect of American history. British writer WILSON ARMISTEAD (1819¬-1868) was a correspondent of Charles Darwin. He also wrote Anthony Benezet (1859).

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CHRISTIAN KINDNESS IN AN AFRICAN Moffatt
312
NOTICE OF AN INTELLIGENT NEGRO Captain Wauchope R N
323
ATTOBAH CUGOANO Abbé Grégoire
329
PHILLIS WHEATLEY Her Works
335
JOHN KIZELL Anecdotes of Africans
348
FAITH OF A POOR BLIND NEGRO Motts Biog Sketches
356
ANDRIES STOFFLES a Christian Hot Missionary Magazine 1838
374
His impressive mannerImprisoned for preachingPreaches to his fellow
380

CHAPTER IXPAGE
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CHAPTER XPAGE
105
CHAPTER XIPAGE
120
ALEXANDER CRUMMELL
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CHAPTER XIIPAGE
141
JOANNES JAAGER
170
CHAPTER XIVPAGE
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PAGE
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CONTENTS
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WILLIAM HAMILTON Sturge Harveys W Indies 331
209
JOB BEN SOLLIMAN an African Prince Abbé Grégoire
239
TESTIMONY OF CAPTAIN PILKINGTON Particular Providence
249
THE HAPPY NEGRO Andrew Searles Life
256
ANTHONY WILLIAM AMO a Learned Negro Abbé Grégoire
265
SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF ST DOMINGO Facts of History
299
NOTICE OF A SON OF TOUSSAINT Irish Friend
306
LOUIS DESROULEAUX Raynals European Set
387
PRINCE GAGANGHA ACQUA Communicated
388
ANECDOTE ILLUSTRATIVE OF FAITH
396
JoUN MOSELY
426
Holmes Moravian Missions
433
INTELLIGENT AFRICANS
441
FREDERICK
454
SUANA a Kafir Chief
458
EXTRAORDINARY FIDELITY OF
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TESTIMONY OF DR THOMPSON Parliament Report
502
HENRY H GARNETT Communicated
511
HANNIBAL OR ANNIBAL Abbé Grégoire
523
TESTIMONIES OF HANNAH KILHAM Her Life
538
A MASS OF FACTS demonstrative of Negro capability remain
549
S A PRESCOD
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355. oldal - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
223. oldal - And he led them forth by the right way, That they might go to a city of habitation. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
355. oldal - It was then that your abhorrence thereof was so excited, that you publicly held forth this true and invaluable doctrine, which is worthy to be recorded and remembered in all succeeding ages: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, and that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
215. oldal - I'm come, And I hope, by thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home : Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wand'ring from the fold of God ; He, to save my soul from danger, Interposed his precious blood. 3 O ! to grace how great a debtor Daily I'm constrain'd to be...
357. oldal - Nobody wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit that nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa and America.
34. oldal - The Europeans have scarcely visited any coast, but to gratify avarice, and extend corruption; to arrogate dominion without right, and practise cruelty without incentive. Happy had it then been for the oppressed, if the designs of Henry had slept in his bosom, and surely more happy for the oppressors.
201. oldal - O, ye nominal Christians ! might not an African ask you, Learned you this from your God who says unto you, Do unto all men as you would men should do unto you...
208. oldal - ... which was a guinea. I thanked him for his kindness; and, having received it, and paid him, I hastened to my master to get him to sign it, that I might be fully released. Accordingly he signed the manumission that day; so that, before night, I, who had been a slave in the morning, trembling at the will of another, was become my own master, and completely free.
329. oldal - I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night.
219. oldal - Self was obnoxious, and good works he had none, for it is God that worketh in us both to will and to do.

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