An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called AfricansAllen and Ticknor, 1833 - 232 oldal |
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9. oldal
... death ; and when they were carried on deck , many of them could not stand . After enjoying for a short time the unusual luxury of air , some water was brought ; it was then that the extent of their sufferings was exposed in a fearful ...
... death ; and when they were carried on deck , many of them could not stand . After enjoying for a short time the unusual luxury of air , some water was brought ; it was then that the extent of their sufferings was exposed in a fearful ...
14. oldal
... death , they are sold as low as a dollar . Even this is better than to be unprotected on the wide ocean in the power of such wild beasts as I have de- scribed . It may seem incredible to some that human nature is capable of so much ...
... death , they are sold as low as a dollar . Even this is better than to be unprotected on the wide ocean in the power of such wild beasts as I have de- scribed . It may seem incredible to some that human nature is capable of so much ...
17. oldal
... death . E is a thumb - screw . The thumbs are put into two round holes at the top ; by turning a key a bar rises from C to D by means of a screw ; and the pressure becomes very painful . By turning it further , the blood is made . to ...
... death . E is a thumb - screw . The thumbs are put into two round holes at the top ; by turning a key a bar rises from C to D by means of a screw ; and the pressure becomes very painful . By turning it further , the blood is made . to ...
19. oldal
... death as will com- port with his interest , or quite to death , if it suit his pleasure./ Those who know human nature would be able to con- jecture the unavoidable result , even if it were not betrayed by the amount of mixed population ...
... death as will com- port with his interest , or quite to death , if it suit his pleasure./ Those who know human nature would be able to con- jecture the unavoidable result , even if it were not betrayed by the amount of mixed population ...
27. oldal
... death ; they are ruined by being over - worked ; weakened by want of sufficient food ; and so forth . Besides , it is sometimes directly for the interest of the planter to work his slaves beyond their strength . When there is a sudden ...
... death ; they are ruined by being over - worked ; weakened by want of sufficient food ; and so forth . Besides , it is sometimes directly for the interest of the planter to work his slaves beyond their strength . When there is a sudden ...
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49. oldal - And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
189. oldal - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
218. oldal - And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
16. oldal - The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.
44. oldal - JjETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. 2, A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
44. oldal - Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
108. oldal - Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons.
27. oldal - I know nothing that could, in this view, be said better, than " do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you...
176. oldal - 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.