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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... Colonies , they would soon be enabled to give their sympathies and aid to their brethren in America , in a more direct and efficient manner than they had hither- to done ; and he was sure they would readily do what they could ...
... Colonies , they would soon be enabled to give their sympathies and aid to their brethren in America , in a more direct and efficient manner than they had hither- to done ; and he was sure they would readily do what they could ...
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... Colonies ; Mr. Saintsbury a vin- dication of the purity , piety , and perfect disinterestedness of the St. James street Committee ; Mr. Shand , the claims of the shipping interest of Liverpool , and Mr. Franklin might have closed the ...
... Colonies ; Mr. Saintsbury a vin- dication of the purity , piety , and perfect disinterestedness of the St. James street Committee ; Mr. Shand , the claims of the shipping interest of Liverpool , and Mr. Franklin might have closed the ...
Page 48
... colonies to do them justice . He would have heard that the majority of them lodge in miserable cabins : if he does not know it , he ought to know it , and it is a pity that a deputation from St. James's street should come to Manchester ...
... colonies to do them justice . He would have heard that the majority of them lodge in miserable cabins : if he does not know it , he ought to know it , and it is a pity that a deputation from St. James's street should come to Manchester ...
Page 49
... Colonies he says , Kate was a domestic slave , and is stated to have been guilty of theft ; she is also accused of disobedience , in refusing to mend her clothes and do her work , and this was the more immediate cause of her punishment ...
... Colonies he says , Kate was a domestic slave , and is stated to have been guilty of theft ; she is also accused of disobedience , in refusing to mend her clothes and do her work , and this was the more immediate cause of her punishment ...
Page 60
... Colonies . What is his inference from that ? Why , that my evidence ought not to be received ; but I never gave him any evi- dence of my own . I believe his friend has never been in the Colonies , if so , the same reasoning will apply ...
... Colonies . What is his inference from that ? Why , that my evidence ought not to be received ; but I never gave him any evi- dence of my own . I believe his friend has never been in the Colonies , if so , the same reasoning will apply ...
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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.