Prose,Abraham Small. William Brown, printer, 1824 |
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Page 65
... colonies of the state to which he is a subject." This article acknowledged the iniquity of the slave-trade; and yet authorized its practice by the French government for five years. Innumerable have been the instances of injustice ...
... colonies of the state to which he is a subject." This article acknowledged the iniquity of the slave-trade; and yet authorized its practice by the French government for five years. Innumerable have been the instances of injustice ...
Page 67
... colonies had been conquered ; and in all those colonies the slave-trade had actually been abolished by the irreversible decree of Great Britain, the absolute possessor of them ; so that our cabinet had no more right to give back to ...
... colonies had been conquered ; and in all those colonies the slave-trade had actually been abolished by the irreversible decree of Great Britain, the absolute possessor of them ; so that our cabinet had no more right to give back to ...
Page 68
... colonies. The five years granted to France to pursue the abominable traffic have expired, but the traffic is yet in full vigour. The fiendlike cruelty with which it is carried on by adventurers of that country is little known and less ...
... colonies. The five years granted to France to pursue the abominable traffic have expired, but the traffic is yet in full vigour. The fiendlike cruelty with which it is carried on by adventurers of that country is little known and less ...
Page 170
... colony) were as incapable of comprehending the object of his mission as the barbarians themselves ; for it appeared, that, at the sacrifice of home, country, and friends, all that is dear and desirable in life, this solitary stranger ...
... colony) were as incapable of comprehending the object of his mission as the barbarians themselves ; for it appeared, that, at the sacrifice of home, country, and friends, all that is dear and desirable in life, this solitary stranger ...
Page 176
... colony. Their own tradition of their origin was this. — In a remote age a house of passage (a ship or canoe) arrived near the present situation of Cape Town, containing a man, his wife, two boys, and a girl ; a bull, a cow 176 AN ...
... colony. Their own tradition of their origin was this. — In a remote age a house of passage (a ship or canoe) arrived near the present situation of Cape Town, containing a man, his wife, two boys, and a girl ; a bull, a cow 176 AN ...
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