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The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity William Wells Brown Limited preview - 2003 |
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Page 311 - So sleep the good, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest. When Spring with dewy fingers cold Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod : By forms unseen, their dirge is sung ; By fairy hands, their knell is rung ; There
Page 104 - designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States. The following, to wit : — "Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. " Louisiana (except the parishes of
Page 105 - North Carolina, and Virginia, except the fortyeight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation
Page 104 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the date of the first above-mentioned order,
Page 311 - their knell is rung ; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.
Page 55 - a military necessity to declare them under martial law. This was accordingly done on the 25th day of April, 1862. Slavery and martial law in a free country are altogether incompatible. The persons in these three States, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, heretofore held as slaves, are therefore declared forever free.
Page 4 - Return to your earthly master ; for he who knoweth his Master's will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." It was not the will of his earthly but his heavenly Master that he felt bound to do ; and
Page 104 - and Navy of the United States in times of actual rebellion against the authorities and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing
Page 209 - struggling for the slave, His soul is marching on. Glory, glory, Hallelujah ! Glory, glory, Hallelujah ! Glory, glory, Hallelujah ! His soul is marching on ! John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true, and brave, And Kansas knew his valor, when he fought her rights
Page 311 - hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod : By forms unseen, their dirge is sung ; By fairy hands, their knell is rung