The Freedmen's BookTicknor and Fields, 1865 - 277 pages Biographical essays prepared "expressly" for freedmen. |
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Abbé Raynal Africa Andy blessed Blue and gold Boston brought cabin called Captain Captain Thomas Auld carried Clerc Colonel colored cruel Domingo Edition Ellen Ellen Crafts emancipation English eyes father feel France FRANCES E. W. HARPER Freddy Frederick Frederick Douglass freedom French gentleman grandmother Haley hands happy heard heart horse Ignatius Sancho Illustrated intelligence island James Forten knew laborers land learned letter liberty lived look Madison Washington MARIA CHILD Mas'r massa master Missis mistress morning mother mulattoes negroes never nigger night PHILLIS WHEATLEY plantation planters Poems Poetical poor Portrait Ratie replied respect sent sing slave-trader slaveholders Slavery slaves sold song soon soul talk tell things thou thought tion told took Toussaint l'Ouverture wanted wife William William Lloyd Garrison women young
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Page 123 - HAIL to the Lord's Anointed, Great David's greater Son ; Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun ; He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity.
Page 123 - Him shall prayer unceasing And daily vows ascend, His kingdom still increasing, A kingdom without end.
Page 258 - We know de promise nebber fail, An' nebber lie de word; So like de 'postles in de jail, We waited for de Lord: An' now he open ebery door An' trow away de key; He tink we lub him so before, We lub him better free.
Page 258 - We pray de Lord : he gib us signs Dat some day we be free ; De Norf-Wind tell it to de pines, De wild-duck to de sea ; We tink it when de church-bell ring, We dream it in de dream ; De rice-bird mean it when he sing, De eagle when he scream. De yam will grow,de cotton blow, We '11 hab de rice an...
Page 12 - Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Page 19 - ... to reflect, that although you were so fully convinced of the benevolence of the Father of Mankind and of his equal and impartial distribution of...
Page 20 - THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS : being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers, and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to which they are related.
Page 90 - Should you, my lord, while you peruse my song, Wonder from whence my love of Freedom sprung, Whence flow these wishes for the common good, By feeling hearts alone best understood, I, young in life, by seeming cruel fate Was snatch'd from Afric's fancy'd happy seat: What pangs excruciating must molest, What sorrows labour in my parent's breast?
Page 258 - We'll hab de rice an' corn ; O nebber you fear, if nebber you hear De driver blow his horn ! Ole massa on he trabbels gone ; He leaf de land behind : De Lord's breff blow him furder on, Like corn-shuck in de wind. We own de hoe, we own de plough, We own de hands dat hold ; We sell de pig, we sell de cow, But nebber chile be sold. De yam will grow, de cotton blow, We 'll hab de rice an...
Page 93 - ... acting as clerks, merchants and secretaries, having among us lawyers, doctors, ministers, poets, authors, editors, orators and teachers; that, while we are engaged in all manner of enterprises common to other men, digging gold in California, capturing the whale in the Pacific, feeding sheep and cattle on the hill-side, living, moving, acting, thinking, planning, living in families as husbands, wives and children, and, above all, confessing and worshipping the Christian's God, and looking hopefully...