Lectures of George Thompson: With a Full Report of the Discussion Between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Borthwick, the Pro-slavery Agent, Held at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool, Eng., and which Continued for Six Evenings with Unabated Interest, Comp. from Various English Editions. Also, a Brief History of His Connection with the Anti-slavery Cause in England, by Wm. Lloyd GarrisonI. Knapp, 1836 - 190 pages |
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... Africa , we have an unquestionable right to contemn those who originated in Scotland . To this grave charge , that he was a foreign- er , MR . THOMPSON used playfully to reply , that he had no choice , or control , in selecting the spot ...
... Africa , we have an unquestionable right to contemn those who originated in Scotland . To this grave charge , that he was a foreign- er , MR . THOMPSON used playfully to reply , that he had no choice , or control , in selecting the spot ...
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... African slave trade . Such treaties did they cite , and not untruly ; for by one shameful compact you bartered the glories of Blenheim for the traffic in blood . Yet , in despite of law and of treaty , that infernal traffic is now ...
... African slave trade . Such treaties did they cite , and not untruly ; for by one shameful compact you bartered the glories of Blenheim for the traffic in blood . Yet , in despite of law and of treaty , that infernal traffic is now ...
Page 78
... African Slave Trade . It might be alleged that this was the crime of a former age ; he admitted it ; they might if they would , make him the representative of all the guilt incurred , but he begged , he implored them to allow him to ...
... African Slave Trade . It might be alleged that this was the crime of a former age ; he admitted it ; they might if they would , make him the representative of all the guilt incurred , but he begged , he implored them to allow him to ...
Page 79
... Africa , in the prosecution of this horrid traffic - the ravaged towns , the smoking villages , the desolated plains , the deserts covered with victims , fainting , bleeding and dying by the way ; he had not time to describe that ...
... Africa , in the prosecution of this horrid traffic - the ravaged towns , the smoking villages , the desolated plains , the deserts covered with victims , fainting , bleeding and dying by the way ; he had not time to describe that ...
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... African negro to enslave him . They dare not trample on the strong or the wise ; they dare not go to New Zealand , or North America for slaves . The slaves , when they resisted the iron sway of their oppressors , were assailed by Sir ...
... African negro to enslave him . They dare not trample on the strong or the wise ; they dare not go to New Zealand , or North America for slaves . The slaves , when they resisted the iron sway of their oppressors , were assailed by Sir ...
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abolition abolitionists Africa alluded America American Colonization Society Anti-Slavery Society appeared argument assertion audience Baptist Borth Borthwick brethren British called cause chapels Christian colonial slavery Colonization Society colored crime danger declared Demerara disapprobation duty earth emancipation England evils of slavery Faneuil Hall feelings flogged four parlors freedom friends gentleman GEORGE THOMPSON give Granville Sharpe hand happy Hayti hear heard heart heaven hisses honor human immediate Indies insurrection island Jamaica Jews justice ladies land Laughter lecture Liberia liberty Liverpool Lord Lord Goderich Loud applause Loud cheers Manchester master meeting ment mercy missionaries moral motives murder negro never New-England Anti-Slavery Society night Onesimus opponent oppression PELEG SPRAGUE persons planters plause present prove punishment question quoted religion reply RESURGAM slave trade speech thing Thomp thou tion trigamy truth unto West India body
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Page 59 - Art thou called being a servant '( care not for it : but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Page 81 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 58 - And on the morrow when he departed he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Page 76 - ... do unto others as they would that others should do unto them...
Page 58 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way : and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
Page 56 - ... the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Page 41 - If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse...
Page 77 - But there is yet a liberty, unsung By poets, and by senators unpraised, Which monarchs cannot grant, nor all the powers Of earth and hell confederate take away : A liberty, which persecution, fraud, Oppression, prisons have no power to bind; Which whoso tastes can be enslaved no more.
Page x - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Page 58 - But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour ? And Jesus answering, said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead.