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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... letter , newspaper , tract or pamphlet , containing sentiments hostile to sla- very ! No corrupt and despotic as I knew my coun- try to be , and thoroughly infected with the poison of negro oppression as was her entire system , yet I ...
... letter , newspaper , tract or pamphlet , containing sentiments hostile to sla- very ! No corrupt and despotic as I knew my coun- try to be , and thoroughly infected with the poison of negro oppression as was her entire system , yet I ...
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... letter to the people of the United States upon the subject of slavery , which I urged him to write without delay . At my next interview with MR . THOMPSON , I frankly stated to him my views and feelings . Novel and start- ling as was my ...
... letter to the people of the United States upon the subject of slavery , which I urged him to write without delay . At my next interview with MR . THOMPSON , I frankly stated to him my views and feelings . Novel and start- ling as was my ...
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... letters - self - government -progressive improvement - domestic happiness - pri- vate and public safety - national union - honor and re- nown - freedom of conscience , of speech , of 2 * IN ENGLAND . XVII nor the loss of reputation and ...
... letters - self - government -progressive improvement - domestic happiness - pri- vate and public safety - national union - honor and re- nown - freedom of conscience , of speech , of 2 * IN ENGLAND . XVII nor the loss of reputation and ...
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... country . I shall trace his career among us in a Preface to the second volume of his Speeches and Letters . WM . LLOYD GARRISON . Boston , April , 1836 . The following graphic description of MR . THOMPSON'S person and IN ENGLAND . XXXIII.
... country . I shall trace his career among us in a Preface to the second volume of his Speeches and Letters . WM . LLOYD GARRISON . Boston , April , 1836 . The following graphic description of MR . THOMPSON'S person and IN ENGLAND . XXXIII.
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... letter post , closely written on both sides , is read . Irwell street Chap- el crowded - great deal of the intelligence of the town present - three gentlemen in the pulpit besides the lectur- er - the lecturer's friend attending with a ...
... letter post , closely written on both sides , is read . Irwell street Chap- el crowded - great deal of the intelligence of the town present - three gentlemen in the pulpit besides the lectur- er - the lecturer's friend attending with a ...
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Popular passages
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.