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... Africans , whom we reduce to a slavery unknown in their native land , by making them work for life under the whips of our drivers , the Koromantyns , from their martial spirit , and perhaps from a peculiar degree of civil liberty ...
... Africans , whom we reduce to a slavery unknown in their native land , by making them work for life under the whips of our drivers , the Koromantyns , from their martial spirit , and perhaps from a peculiar degree of civil liberty ...
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... Africans , when carried into slavery by our merchants . The plea of necessity will be found here , as well as in Jamaica ; for when a whole people is reduced to slavery , the more abhorrent to nature that condition is , the more fatal ...
... Africans , when carried into slavery by our merchants . The plea of necessity will be found here , as well as in Jamaica ; for when a whole people is reduced to slavery , the more abhorrent to nature that condition is , the more fatal ...
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... vicious as them- selves ; or rather more so . Like the poor enslaved Africans in our colonies , we should imitate the immoralities of our masters , and add to them the vices of servility . It would soon be in vain to search for those 42.
... vicious as them- selves ; or rather more so . Like the poor enslaved Africans in our colonies , we should imitate the immoralities of our masters , and add to them the vices of servility . It would soon be in vain to search for those 42.
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... Africa , he well knows that he shall give us no means of future security against his arms ; but on the contrary , increase those fatal drains which exhaust our defensive energies . What can a man who wishes to conquer England , desire ...
... Africa , he well knows that he shall give us no means of future security against his arms ; but on the contrary , increase those fatal drains which exhaust our defensive energies . What can a man who wishes to conquer England , desire ...
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... African Toussaint . Napoleon himself pronounced his eulogy in these terms ; " Called by his talents to the chief command in St. Domingo , he " preserved the island to France during a long and arduous foreign war , in which she could do ...
... African Toussaint . Napoleon himself pronounced his eulogy in these terms ; " Called by his talents to the chief command in St. Domingo , he " preserved the island to France during a long and arduous foreign war , in which she could do ...
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Page 44 - And they cast dust on their heads, And cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, Wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! For in one hour is she made desolate.
Page 43 - How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Page 44 - And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
Page 44 - ... and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Page 128 - And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more ; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
Page 43 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit. and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Page 114 - ... the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
Page 114 - Thus saith the LORD, Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Page 113 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Page 128 - Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves.