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The Abolitionist Movement
by Claudine L. Ferrell - 2006 - 210 pages
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Notes on the State of Virginia: With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of ...

Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...present. When present, they do' not go through it with more coolness or steadj;ness than the whites. They are more ardent after their female : but love...with them to be more an eager desire, than a, tender, delis cate mixture of sentiment and sensation. Their griefs are transient. Those numberless afflictions,...
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A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United ...

George McDowell Stroud - Slavery - 1827 - 192 pages
...person, * Mr. Jefferson, in his Notes on Virginia, speaking of slaves, makes the following remarks: " In general, their existence appears to participate more of sensation than reflection. To this must be ascribed their disposition to sleep when abstracted from their diversions and unemployed...
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Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson - Tobacco - 1832 - 296 pages
...present. — When present, they do not go through it with more coolness or steadiness than the whites. They are more ardent after their female : but love...sentiment and sensation. Their griefs are transient. Those numberless afflictions, which render it doubtful whether heaven has given life to us in mercy...
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Natural History of the Negro Race, Volume 1

Julien-Joseph Virey - African Americans - 1837 - 202 pages
...be present. When present, they do not go through it with more coolness or steadiness than the whites They are more ardent after their female : but love seems with them to be more an eager desire, that a tender delicate mixture of sentiment and sensation. Their griefs are transient.-— Those numberless...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of ..., Volume 10

Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1838 - 360 pages
...whether Heaven has given life to us in mercy or in wrath, are less felt and sooner forgotten by them. In general their existence appears to participate more of sensation than reflection." • availed them»el»esof the conversations of their masters. Many have been brought up to the handicraft...
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Negro-mania: Being an Examination of the Falsely Assumed Equality of the ...

John Campbell - African Americans - 1851 - 566 pages
...present. When present, they do not go through it with more coolness or steadiness than the whites. They are more ardent after their female : but love...seems with them to be more an eager desire, than a teller delicate mixture of sentiment and sensation. Their griefs are transient. Those numberless afflictions,...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Inaugural addresses and messages. Replies ...

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 628 pages
...present. When present, they do not go through it with more coolness or steadiness than the whites. They are more ardent after their female ; but love...sentiment and sensation. Their griefs are transient. Those numberless afflictions, which render it doubtful whether heaven has given life to us in mercy...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Inaugural addresses and messages. Replies ...

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 634 pages
...present. When present, they do not go through it with more coolness or steadiness than the whites. They are more ardent after their female ; but love...delicate mixture of sentiment and sensation. Their gricfs are transient. Those numberless afflictions, which render it doubtful whether heaven has given...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Inaugural addresses and messages. Replies ...

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 632 pages
...whether heaven has given life to us in me:ey or in wrath, are less felt, and sooner forgotten with them. In general, their existence appears to participate more of sensation than reflection. To this must be ascribed their dis|wsiti' ;, to sleep when abstracted from their diversions, and unemploy...
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A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United ...

George MacDowell STROUD - Slavery - 1856 - 316 pages
...Mr. Jefferson, in his " Notes on Virginia," speaking of slaves, makes the following remarks : — " In general, their existence appears to participate more of sensation than reflection. To this must be ascribed their disposition to sleep when abstracted from their diversions and unemployed...
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