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 Garrison |
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Page xx
... fact , as it is puerile in reason , and worthy of those whose na- tivity the most degraded tribe on earth should be loath to claim . Surely , to be born in Scotland is no more justly reproachful , than to be born in the United States ...
... fact , as it is puerile in reason , and worthy of those whose na- tivity the most degraded tribe on earth should be loath to claim . Surely , to be born in Scotland is no more justly reproachful , than to be born in the United States ...
Page xxii
... fact of their having imported more than one organ of mischief from England , to assist in sowing the live coals of ruin and desolation over a large portion of this prosperous land . Not content with the agency of the wretched libeller ...
... fact of their having imported more than one organ of mischief from England , to assist in sowing the live coals of ruin and desolation over a large portion of this prosperous land . Not content with the agency of the wretched libeller ...
Page xxiv
... fact would be disgraceful , neither to them nor to · doctrines for the conviction of the South . ' [ What a dangerous heresy ! ] They insist upon immediate , instantaneous emancipation . By thus in- sisting that the continuance of ...
... fact would be disgraceful , neither to them nor to · doctrines for the conviction of the South . ' [ What a dangerous heresy ! ] They insist upon immediate , instantaneous emancipation . By thus in- sisting that the continuance of ...
Page xxxiv
... fact from its atrocity and other pecu- liar characteristics , require it ; then , and then only , is he energetic— powerful - overwhelming — almost oppressive . His voice is , upon the whole , sound — though not like the bell ; it is ...
... fact from its atrocity and other pecu- liar characteristics , require it ; then , and then only , is he energetic— powerful - overwhelming — almost oppressive . His voice is , upon the whole , sound — though not like the bell ; it is ...
Page xxxv
... facts are too glaring the subject too atrocious , for a profuse expenditure of logic . He proceeds to work , therefore , like the eagle , who , on perceiving his prey never for a moment , busies himself in examining the plumage , the ...
... facts are too glaring the subject too atrocious , for a profuse expenditure of logic . He proceeds to work , therefore , like the eagle , who , on perceiving his prey never for a moment , busies himself in examining the plumage , the ...
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abolition abolitionists Africa alluded America American Colonization Society Anti-Slavery Society appeared argument assertion audience Baptist body 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 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 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA unto West India
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Page 171 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Page 59 - Art thou called being a servant '( care not for it : but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Page 41 - My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Page 56 - Moreover of 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. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page xviii - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 57 - 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.
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 - And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Page 58 - Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
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.