The Anti-slavery ReporterThe Society, 1863 - Slavery New ser., v. 3-8 (1855-1860) include the 16th-21st annual reports of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society; v. 9-11 (1861-1863) include the 22nd-24th annual reports. |
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... freedom ; and that it is in duty bound to preserve intact the Union such as it existed when Mr. Buchanan was elected , with the exception of Slavery , the cause of the civil war , and of all the suffering it occasions both on this and ...
... freedom ; and that it is in duty bound to preserve intact the Union such as it existed when Mr. Buchanan was elected , with the exception of Slavery , the cause of the civil war , and of all the suffering it occasions both on this and ...
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... freedom , pro- mising to shew , by their behaviour and in- dustry , that they were worthy of it . Copies of the law and of the proclamation were bought by many slaves , and groups of them formed in the streets to hear one of their ...
... freedom , pro- mising to shew , by their behaviour and in- dustry , that they were worthy of it . Copies of the law and of the proclamation were bought by many slaves , and groups of them formed in the streets to hear one of their ...
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... freedom by the chances of the war " Article . - All slaves who shall have en- be for ever free ; but all owners of such who at any time before the end of the rebellion shall shall not have been disloyal shall be compensated for them at ...
... freedom by the chances of the war " Article . - All slaves who shall have en- be for ever free ; but all owners of such who at any time before the end of the rebellion shall shall not have been disloyal shall be compensated for them at ...
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... freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free , honourable alike in what we give and what we preserve . We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of the earth . Other means may succeed . This could not fail . The way is ...
... freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free , honourable alike in what we give and what we preserve . We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of the earth . Other means may succeed . This could not fail . The way is ...
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... freedom . Brooklyn . - J . T. B. Advertisements . STATES . " In America , at the present time , the real opinion of this country is grievously misunder- stood . There are many in both sections of the Republic who imagine that we have ...
... freedom . Brooklyn . - J . T. B. Advertisements . STATES . " In America , at the present time , the real opinion of this country is grievously misunder- stood . There are many in both sections of the Republic who imagine that we have ...
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Page 131 - He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Page 189 - And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit These things teach and exhort.
Page 15 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always ; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 35 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 36 - States are and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
Page 35 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof, shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 19 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 35 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 19 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.
Page 15 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face; and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.