The African Repository and Colonial Journal, Volume 6Kraus Reprint, 1831 |
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... cost of raising him from infancy , what inducement will the propri- etor of the parent have to incur that expense ? In such a state of things , it will be in vain that the laws prohibit manumission . 10 [ March , Hon . Henry Clay's Speech .
... cost of raising him from infancy , what inducement will the propri- etor of the parent have to incur that expense ? In such a state of things , it will be in vain that the laws prohibit manumission . 10 [ March , Hon . Henry Clay's Speech .
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will be in vain that the laws prohibit manumission . No laws can be enfor- ced or will be respected , the effect of which is the ruin of those on whom they operate . In spite of all their penalties the liberation or abandonment of ...
will be in vain that the laws prohibit manumission . No laws can be enfor- ced or will be respected , the effect of which is the ruin of those on whom they operate . In spite of all their penalties the liberation or abandonment of ...
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... manumission or abandonment , to increase and ultimately perhaps to be more numerous in the United States , than their brethren in bondage , if there be no provision for their removal to another country . Is there no remedy , I again ask ...
... manumission or abandonment , to increase and ultimately perhaps to be more numerous in the United States , than their brethren in bondage , if there be no provision for their removal to another country . Is there no remedy , I again ask ...
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... manumitted slaves . Its pecuniary means , applicable to the design of the Institution , are voluntarily contributed by benevolent States or individuals . States of Virginia and Maryland , besides numerous pious or generous per- sons ...
... manumitted slaves . Its pecuniary means , applicable to the design of the Institution , are voluntarily contributed by benevolent States or individuals . States of Virginia and Maryland , besides numerous pious or generous per- sons ...
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... means at their command . They may remove restraints upon emancipation , imposed from a painful conviction that slavery , with all its undisputed ills , was better than manumission without 1830. ] 21 Hon . Henry Clay's Speech .
... means at their command . They may remove restraints upon emancipation , imposed from a painful conviction that slavery , with all its undisputed ills , was better than manumission without 1830. ] 21 Hon . Henry Clay's Speech .
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Page 111 - For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Page 360 - Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. "They have stricken me," shalt thou say, "and I was not sick ; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Page 43 - Society shall be called the American Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States.
Page 10 - Farming agriculture cannot sustain it ; for it is believed that nowhere in the farming portion of the United States would slave labour be generally employed, if the proprietor were not tempted to raise slaves by the high price of the Southern market, which keeps it up in his own.
Page 177 - Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 111 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound...
Page 108 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Page 228 - Fleecy locks and black complexion Cannot forfeit Nature's claim ; Skins may differ, but affection? Dwells in white and black the same.
Page 353 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 5 - That from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, it shall not be lawful to import or bring into the United States or the territories thereof from any foreign kingdom, place, or country, any negro, mulatto, or person of colour, with intent to hold, sell, or dispose of such negro, mulatto, or person of colour, as a slave, or to be held to service or labour.