Anti-slavery Monthly Reporter, Band 1Zachary Macaulay Bagster and Thoms, 1827 |
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... Hope XXI . - February . Recent Transactions in the Slave Colonies on the subject of Reform , especially in Jamaica Haytian Proclamation and Code Ordinance of Berbice · XXII . - March . The Monopoly of the Slave - holders East India ...
... Hope XXI . - February . Recent Transactions in the Slave Colonies on the subject of Reform , especially in Jamaica Haytian Proclamation and Code Ordinance of Berbice · XXII . - March . The Monopoly of the Slave - holders East India ...
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... hope to succeed . Dr. Lushington then stated that a Member of the House of Commons , to him unknown save by character , having occasion to visit his West India property , took with him a sister to Jamaica , and upon his arrival there en ...
... hope to succeed . Dr. Lushington then stated that a Member of the House of Commons , to him unknown save by character , having occasion to visit his West India property , took with him a sister to Jamaica , and upon his arrival there en ...
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... hope that they might yet be able to follow that example , and triumph at last over their oppressors . Nor was the example , set by this country confined to Europe . That example had passed the Atlantic , and expanded itself over America ...
... hope that they might yet be able to follow that example , and triumph at last over their oppressors . Nor was the example , set by this country confined to Europe . That example had passed the Atlantic , and expanded itself over America ...
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... hope that , after having revealed the principle in all its naked wickedness , by which they hold in fee simple absolute the bodies and the souls of their fellow- creatures , that they will find sympathy in any British bosom but for the ...
... hope that , after having revealed the principle in all its naked wickedness , by which they hold in fee simple absolute the bodies and the souls of their fellow- creatures , that they will find sympathy in any British bosom but for the ...
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... hope to view it under a more peaceful appearance ; especially as its constitution is opposed to a military government , and is founded on the modern system of checks and balances , and is not ill calculated to secure public and private ...
... hope to view it under a more peaceful appearance ; especially as its constitution is opposed to a military government , and is founded on the modern system of checks and balances , and is not ill calculated to secure public and private ...
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Seite 67 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Seite 91 - It is in the nature of things that they should be so." " Let then the British House of Commons do their part themselves. Let them not delegate the trust of doing it to those who cannot execute that trust fairly. Let the...
Seite 282 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart— It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Seite 119 - That through a determined and persevering, but, at the same time, judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of his majesty's subjects.
Seite 92 - That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies with as much expedition as may be found consistent with a due regard to the well-being of the parties concerned.
Seite 53 - A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS WHICH ARE COMMONLY ADVANCED against Parliamentary interference in behalf of the Negro slaves, with a statement of opinions which have been expressed on that subject by many of our most distinguished statesmen, including, Earl Grey, Earl of Liverpool, Lord Grenville, Lords Dudley and Ward, Lord Melville, Mr.
Seite 77 - There is something in the nature of absolute authority, in the relation between master and slave, which makes despotism in all cases, and under all circumstances, an incompetent and unsure executor even of its own provisions in favour of the objects of its power.
Seite 234 - ... circumstances may allow) in the removal of similar restrictions; and his Majesty directs us to assure you, that you may rely upon his Majesty's cordial co-operation in fostering and extending that commerce which, whilst it is, under the blessing of Providence, a main source of strength and power to this country, contributes in no less a degree to the happiness and civilization of mankind.
Seite 62 - If you fail, you will at least have the inestimable consolation that you have done what you could ' to undo the heavy burden, and to let the oppressed go free...
Seite 192 - The act of the legislature, entitled * An Act for the Encouragement, Protection, and better Government of Slaves,' appears to have been considered, from the day it was passed until this hour, as a political measure, to avert the interference of the mother country in the management of slaves. Having said this, your lordship will not be surprised to learn the seventh clause of that bill has been wholly neglected.