The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 |
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Page 101
... negro nation on a fair footing than by robbing them . If the Virginian piques him- self on the picturesque luxury of his vassalage , on the heavy Ethiopian manners of his house- servants , their silent obedience , their hue of bronze ...
... negro nation on a fair footing than by robbing them . If the Virginian piques him- self on the picturesque luxury of his vassalage , on the heavy Ethiopian manners of his house- servants , their silent obedience , their hue of bronze ...
Page 102
... negro has been an article of luxury to the commercial nations . So has it been , down to the day that has just dawned on the world . Language must be raked , the secrets of slaughter - houses and infa- mous holes that cannot front the ...
... negro has been an article of luxury to the commercial nations . So has it been , down to the day that has just dawned on the world . Language must be raked , the secrets of slaughter - houses and infa- mous holes that cannot front the ...
Page 103
... negro box with hoe and bill ; and hoe and bill for negro to this day . " . But the crude element of good , in human affairs must work and ripen , spite of whips and plantation laws and West Indian interest . Con- science rolled on its ...
... negro box with hoe and bill ; and hoe and bill for negro to this day . " . But the crude element of good , in human affairs must work and ripen , spite of whips and plantation laws and West Indian interest . Con- science rolled on its ...
Page 104
... negro into a copper of boiling cane - juice , - if we saw these things with eyes , we too should wince . They are not plea- sant sights . The blood is moral : the blood is anti - slavery it runs cold in the veins : the stom- ach rises ...
... negro into a copper of boiling cane - juice , - if we saw these things with eyes , we too should wince . They are not plea- sant sights . The blood is moral : the blood is anti - slavery it runs cold in the veins : the stom- ach rises ...
Page 107
... relief and liberation of the negro slaves in the West Indies , and for the discouragement of the slave - trade on the coast of Africa . " They made friends and raised money for the slave ; they interested WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION 107.
... relief and liberation of the negro slaves in the West Indies , and for the discouragement of the slave - trade on the coast of Africa . " They made friends and raised money for the slave ; they interested WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION 107.
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