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... less come a chorus of vapid whimperings , from those who know that race awakening means renunciation of shams and the overthrow of knavish guidance . But of what inspiration have the clerical or political negro leaders of America ever ...
... less come a chorus of vapid whimperings , from those who know that race awakening means renunciation of shams and the overthrow of knavish guidance . But of what inspiration have the clerical or political negro leaders of America ever ...
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... polity was an idle gentry served by inferior dependants . The Jamestown colony consisted of less than seventy - five persons , forty - eight of whom were " gentlemen , " who , idle , dissolute , and mercenary , had 2 THE AMERICAN NEGRO.
... polity was an idle gentry served by inferior dependants . The Jamestown colony consisted of less than seventy - five persons , forty - eight of whom were " gentlemen , " who , idle , dissolute , and mercenary , had 2 THE AMERICAN NEGRO.
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... less than a score of years after their first introduction , white servants were exported to the colonies as a species of merchan- dise , and were dealt with as any other article of com- modity . Moreover , such was the scarcity of labor ...
... less than a score of years after their first introduction , white servants were exported to the colonies as a species of merchan- dise , and were dealt with as any other article of com- modity . Moreover , such was the scarcity of labor ...
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... less than ten thousand of the youth of both sexes were annually abducted from Eng- lish homes . All of them did not reach the colonies , for many of them died on the passage out , owing to the scant provision made for their care and the ...
... less than ten thousand of the youth of both sexes were annually abducted from Eng- lish homes . All of them did not reach the colonies , for many of them died on the passage out , owing to the scant provision made for their care and the ...
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... less than those of a white servant ; and in most cases he was more docile and tractable . Afri- can slavery , therefore , was not based on color , but service , and in domestic management there was no distinction made between black ...
... less than those of a white servant ; and in most cases he was more docile and tractable . Afri- can slavery , therefore , was not based on color , but service , and in domestic management there was no distinction made between black ...
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Page 35 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 69 - ... the system of working at the war office it will be possible to reduce expenditure to any appreciable degree. It may be possible to save a few thousand pounds here and there ; in our system of working the army clothing department, for instance, it may be possible to introduce many minor economies ; but the crux of the whole matter lies in the fact that an army recruited by voluntary enlistment must be paid a wage equal to the standard wage for unskilled labor throughout the country, or must accept...
Page 176 - All who know the Negro recognize, however, that the chief and overpowering element in his make-up is an imperious sexual impulse which, aroused at the slightest incentive, sweeps aside all restraints in the pursuit of physical gratification. We may say now that this element of Negro character constitutes the main incitement to degeneracy of the race and is the chief hindrance to its social uplifting.
Page 10 - Any person or persons who shall attempt to teach any free person of color or slave to spell, read, or write, shall, upon conviction thereof by indictment, be fined in a sum not less than $250, nor more than $500.
Page 11 - That if any Slave shall presume to strike any White Person, such Slave upon Trial and Conviction before the Justice or Justices according to the directions of this Act shall for the first...
Page 28 - When the entire abolition of slavery takes place, it will be an event which must be pleasing to every generous mind, and every friend of human nature ; but we often wish for things which are not attainable.
Page 13 - Violence made him a slave, and the habit of servitude gives him the thoughts and desires of a slave; he admires his tyrants more than he hates them, and finds his joy and his pride in the servile imitation of those who oppress him: his understanding is degraded to the level of his soul.
Page 27 - I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that his justice cannot sleep forever.
Page 29 - I thought, till very lately that it was known to every body that, during the Revolution, and for many years after, the abolition of slavery was a favorite topic with many of our ablest Statesmen, who entertained with respect all the schemes which wisdom or ingenuity could suggest for its accomplishment.
Page 146 - Religion consists in the perception of the infinite under such manifestations as are able to influence the moral character of man