Purvis," &c. Human flesh is now the great staple of Virginia. In the Legislature of this State in 1832 THOMAS JEFFERSON RANDOLPH declared that Virginia had been converted into "one grand menagerie, where men are reared for the market like oxen for the... A Visit to the United States in 1841 - Page 65by Joseph Sturge - 1842 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Jay - 1839 - 236 pages
...Baltimore. Those having servants to ship will do well by making early application to James F. Purvis," &c. Human flesh is now the great staple of Virginia. In...domestic traffic. " The trader (African) receives the slaves, a stranger in aspect, language, and manner, from the merchant who brought him from the interior.... | |
| William Jay - 1839 - 232 pages
...Baltimore. Those having servants to ship will do well by making early application to James F. Purvis," &c. Human flesh is now the great staple of Virginia. In...RANDOLPH declared that Virginia had been converted into "onegrand menagerie, where men are reared for the market like oxen for the shambles." This same gentleman... | |
| British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society - 1841 - 308 pages
...Baltimore. Those having servants to ship will do well by making early application to James Purvis," &c. H grand menagerie, where men are reared for the market like oxen for the shambles." Hon. Charles Fenton Macer (a member of congress from Virginia since 1817) asserted in the Virginia... | |
| John Jay - 1843 - 64 pages
...States from which Mr. McDonough proposes to renew his stock of human chattels. " The ' Ancient Dominion' converted into one grand menagerie, where MEN ARE REARED FOR THE MARKET like oxen for the shambles ! ! Is it better, — is it not worse than the (African) slave trade ? — that trade which enlisted... | |
| Samuel Wilberforce - 1844 - 484 pages
...evils of the south the execrable trade of breeding slaves for sale. By it " the ' Ancient Dominion' is converted into one grand menagerie, where men are reared for the market like oxen for the shambles."2 This is no figure of speech. The number of slaves exported, from Virginia alone, for sale... | |
| Samuel Wilberforce - 1846 - 72 pages
...breeding slaves for sale. By it " the ' Ancient Dominion' is converted into one grand me-> nagerie, where men are reared for the market like oxen for the shambles."! This is no figure of speech. The number of slaves exported, from Virginia alone, for sale in the South*... | |
| William Lyon Mackenzie - 1846 - 332 pages
...Randolph, in the legislature of Virginia, in 1832, declared that Virginia had been converted into J¿-"one grand menagerie, where men are reared for the market like oxen for the shambles.".Cl The same gentleman thus compared the African with the Virginia, or domestic, slave trade:... | |
| 1847 - 592 pages
...profess religion, and yet sell on the block children of their own bodies ! The slave-breeding state is one grand menagerie where men are reared for the market like oxen for the shambles. Virginia alone exported to the other States in 1835,. forty thousand slaves, the produce of stolen... | |
| 1841 - 432 pages
...action of the Federal Government in behalf of Slavery:" "In the legislature of this state, in 1833, Thomas Jefferson Randolph declared that Virginia had...domestic traffic. 'The trader (African) receives the slaves, a stranger in aspect, language and manner, from the merchant who brought him from the interior.... | |
| Samuel Wilberforce - 1849 - 384 pages
...evils of the south the execrable trade of breeding slaves for sale. By it " the ' Ancient Dominion' is converted into one grand menagerie, where men are reared for the market like oxen for the shambles. "f This is no figure of speech. The number of slaves exported, from Virginia alone, for sale in the... | |
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