The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 11-12Wm. H. Wise, 1911 - 416 pages |
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Page 108
... American Quakers . John Woolman of New Jersey , whilst yet an apprentice , was uneasy in his mind when he was set to write a bill of sale of a negro , for his master . He gave his testimony against the traffic , in Maryland and Virginia ...
... American Quakers . John Woolman of New Jersey , whilst yet an apprentice , was uneasy in his mind when he was set to write a bill of sale of a negro , for his master . He gave his testimony against the traffic , in Maryland and Virginia ...
Page 110
... American government by the Colonization So- ciety , 200,000 slaves were deported from Africa . Nearly 30,000 were landed in the port of Ha- vana alone . In consequence of the dangers of the trade growing out of the act of abolition ...
... American government by the Colonization So- ciety , 200,000 slaves were deported from Africa . Nearly 30,000 were landed in the port of Ha- vana alone . In consequence of the dangers of the trade growing out of the act of abolition ...
Page 115
... American captains left the shore and put to sea , anticipating insurrection and general murder . With far different thoughts , the negroes spent the hour in their huts and chapels . I will not repeat to you the well - known paragraph ...
... American captains left the shore and put to sea , anticipating insurrection and general murder . With far different thoughts , the negroes spent the hour in their huts and chapels . I will not repeat to you the well - known paragraph ...
Page 138
... and selfish to a degree to destroy all claim , excepting that on compassion , to the society of the just and generous . What happened notoriously to an American ambassador in England , that he 138 WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
... and selfish to a degree to destroy all claim , excepting that on compassion , to the society of the just and generous . What happened notoriously to an American ambassador in England , that he 138 WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
Page 159
... American annals have preserved the vestiges of barbarous warfare down to more recent times . I read in Williams's ... America , took to killing his own neighbors and kindred , with such appetite that his tribe combined against him , and ...
... American annals have preserved the vestiges of barbarous warfare down to more recent times . I read in Williams's ... America , took to killing his own neighbors and kindred , with such appetite that his tribe combined against him , and ...
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