Modern Eloquence, Volume 15Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh University Society, 1903 |
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Page 1755
... Slave - Trade . ( Delivered in the House of Commons , May 10 , 1789 ) . WILLIAM OF GERMANY , THE EMPEROR Moses and Amalek . ( Delivered on board his yacht , • 2120 Aug. , 1900 ) • 2129 WIRT , WILLIAM PAGE Against Aaron Burr ...
... Slave - Trade . ( Delivered in the House of Commons , May 10 , 1789 ) . WILLIAM OF GERMANY , THE EMPEROR Moses and Amalek . ( Delivered on board his yacht , • 2120 Aug. , 1900 ) • 2129 WIRT , WILLIAM PAGE Against Aaron Burr ...
Page 1794
... Slavery has dis- appeared . All over the world there have been great strides toward freedom ; and though inadequate , they have been so considerable as to produce for a moment an apathy of self - satisfaction . But the twentieth ! What ...
... Slavery has dis- appeared . All over the world there have been great strides toward freedom ; and though inadequate , they have been so considerable as to produce for a moment an apathy of self - satisfaction . But the twentieth ! What ...
Page 1850
... slave labor , the other on the basis of voluntary labor of freemen . The laborers who are enslaved are all negroes , or per- sons more or less purely of African derivation . But this is only accidental . The principle of the system is ...
... slave labor , the other on the basis of voluntary labor of freemen . The laborers who are enslaved are all negroes , or per- sons more or less purely of African derivation . But this is only accidental . The principle of the system is ...
Page 1851
... slave system is not only intolerant , unjust , and inhuman toward the laborer , whom , only because he is a laborer , it loads down with chains and converts into merchandise , but is scarcely less severe upon the freeman , to whom ...
... slave system is not only intolerant , unjust , and inhuman toward the laborer , whom , only because he is a laborer , it loads down with chains and converts into merchandise , but is scarcely less severe upon the freeman , to whom ...
Page 1852
... slavery , and is a despotism . Most of the other European states have abolished slavery , and adopted the system of free labor . It was the antagonistic political tendencies of the two systems which the first Napoleon was contemplating ...
... slavery , and is a despotism . Most of the other European states have abolished slavery , and adopted the system of free labor . It was the antagonistic political tendencies of the two systems which the first Napoleon was contemplating ...
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