Life of Jehudi Ashmun, Late Colonial Agent in Liberia: With an Appendix, Containing Extracts from His Journal and Other Writings : with a Brief Sketch of the Life of the Rev. Lott Cary |
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... United States - Federal Constitution and views of its Frameis - Fa- vorable to the general influence of Liberty - Spirit of the Reformation- Growth of the spirit of humanity towards the colored race - Foremost stand of the Quakers in ...
... United States - Federal Constitution and views of its Frameis - Fa- vorable to the general influence of Liberty - Spirit of the Reformation- Growth of the spirit of humanity towards the colored race - Foremost stand of the Quakers in ...
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... United States - Pre- parations for Emigrants - Necessity of throwing Emigrants upon their efforts Injury to the Colonial Schooner - Illness of Mr. Ashmun- Visit to Sierra Leone and the Pongas - Description of that River and Country ...
... United States - Pre- parations for Emigrants - Necessity of throwing Emigrants upon their efforts Injury to the Colonial Schooner - Illness of Mr. Ashmun- Visit to Sierra Leone and the Pongas - Description of that River and Country ...
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... United States - Arrival at St. Bartholemews - Compelled to stop there - Visits St. Christophers - Letter to his Parents - Arrival at New Haven - Decline - Death - Funeral -- Conclusion . APPENDIX . No. 1. Extracts from the Early Diary ...
... United States - Arrival at St. Bartholemews - Compelled to stop there - Visits St. Christophers - Letter to his Parents - Arrival at New Haven - Decline - Death - Funeral -- Conclusion . APPENDIX . No. 1. Extracts from the Early Diary ...
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... United States , he loitered from ' town to town , without engaging in any regular employ- ' ment that might gain him an honourable and permanent ' livelihood . " In Norfolk , where he arrived in a packet from N. York , ' a few days ago ...
... United States , he loitered from ' town to town , without engaging in any regular employ- ' ment that might gain him an honourable and permanent ' livelihood . " In Norfolk , where he arrived in a packet from N. York , ' a few days ago ...
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... United States by his writings against the slave trade and slavery , and for his con- sistent and able defence of the rights of the colonies . Seve- ral of his Tracts had been widely circulated by Anthony Benezet and other members of the ...
... United States by his writings against the slave trade and slavery , and for his con- sistent and able defence of the rights of the colonies . Seve- ral of his Tracts had been widely circulated by Anthony Benezet and other members of the ...
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Page 282 - Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love, with fear, the only God ; to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 297 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 250 - Manners are what vex or sooth, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. They give their whole form and colour to our lives. According to their quality, they aid morals, they supply them, or they totally destroy them.
Page 5 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 395 - ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; (of whom the world was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 243 - If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments ; If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments ; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Page 212 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 106 - If it was possible for men, who exercise their reason, to believe, that the Divine Author of our existence intended a part of the human race to hold an absolute property in, and an unbounded power over others, marked out by his infinite goodness and wisdom, as the objects of a legal domination never rightfully resistible, however severe and oppressive...
Page 107 - But a reverence for our great Creator, principles of humanity, and the dictates of common sense, must convince all those who reflect upon the subject, that government was instituted to promote the welfare of mankind, and ought to be administered for the attainment of that end.
Page 246 - ... design which he apprehended to be prejudicial to the interests of his country. This innoxious and ineffectual character, that seems formed upon a plan of apology and disculpation, falls miserably short of the mark of public duty. That duty demands and requires, that what is right should not only be made known, but made prevalent; that what is evil should not only be detected, but v V