The African Repository, Količina 21American Colonization Society., 1845 |
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... tribes around us , and a measure of prosperity and contentment with our- selves ; together with a small but happy revival of religion in some of our churches , which will , from all appearances , extend unto all . We are glad that the ...
... tribes around us , and a measure of prosperity and contentment with our- selves ; together with a small but happy revival of religion in some of our churches , which will , from all appearances , extend unto all . We are glad that the ...
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... tribes involved was at hand . The colonial authori- ties resolved upon an effort to arrest the progress of this disorder and to compose the natives to peace . While the land was in possession of the na- tives , the idea of force could ...
... tribes involved was at hand . The colonial authori- ties resolved upon an effort to arrest the progress of this disorder and to compose the natives to peace . While the land was in possession of the na- tives , the idea of force could ...
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... tribes induced by the security enjoyed here , which they in vain sought beyond the jurisdiction of the colony . Others , although they have conveyed away the sovereignty over the land , yet remain near the graves of their fathers ...
... tribes induced by the security enjoyed here , which they in vain sought beyond the jurisdiction of the colony . Others , although they have conveyed away the sovereignty over the land , yet remain near the graves of their fathers ...
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... tribes , but can it bring forth the whole race with salvation ; shall all by it " obtain joy and glad- ness , and sorrow and sighing flee away ? " It is a different thing to save a small district with its inhabitants , and to rescue a ...
... tribes , but can it bring forth the whole race with salvation ; shall all by it " obtain joy and glad- ness , and sorrow and sighing flee away ? " It is a different thing to save a small district with its inhabitants , and to rescue a ...
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... tribes yet obscure in single light , that is , as it influences primeval darkness , reclaim the rude Africa , in which none but a dark and wanderer from a life of wretchedness prejudiced mind , or a malicious heart to civilization and ...
... tribes yet obscure in single light , that is , as it influences primeval darkness , reclaim the rude Africa , in which none but a dark and wanderer from a life of wretchedness prejudiced mind , or a malicious heart to civilization and ...
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Stran 215 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Stran 333 - I suppose that your knowledge of the situation of my brethren is too extensive to need a recital here; neither shall I presume to prescribe methods by which they may be relieved, otherwise than by recommending to you and all others to wean yourselves from those narrow prejudices which you have imbibed with respect to them and as Job proposed to his friends, "put your souls in their souls stead.
Stran 334 - I choose to send it to you in manuscript previous thereto, that thereby you might not only have an earlier inspection, but that you might also view it in my own hand writing.
Stran 161 - Rouse to some work of high and holy love, And thou an angel's happiness shalt know, Shalt bless the earth while in the world above ; The good begun by thee shall onward flow In many a branching stream, and wider grow ; The seed that, in these few and fleeting hours, Thy hands unsparing and unwearied sow, Shall deck thy grave with amaranthine flowers, And yield thee fruits divine in heaven's immortal bowers.
Stran 328 - ... as the imbecility of their present existence, and other circumstances which cannot be neglected, will admit. I have taken the liberty of sending your Almanac to Monsieur de...
Stran 333 - ... detaining by fraud and violence so numerous a part of my brethren under groaning captivity, and cruel oppression, that you should at the same time be found guilty, of that most criminal act, which you professedly detested in others, with respect to yourselves.
Stran 327 - Nobody wishes more than I do, to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to those of the other colors of men; and that the appearance of the want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa and America.
Stran 172 - To a thriving agriculture and the improvements related to it is added a highly interesting extension of useful manufactures, the combined product of professional occupations and of household industry. Such indeed is the experience of economy as well as of policy in these substitutes for supplies heretofore...
Stran 276 - A Historical Examination of the state of society in Western Africa, as formed by Paganism and Muhammedanism, slavery, the slave trade, and piracy ; and of the remedial influence of Colonization and Missions.
Stran 83 - ... night, accomplished, without difficulty or resistance, in one hour, the annihilation of the whole tribe ; — every adult, man and woman, was murdered — every hut fired ! Very young children, generally, shared the fate of their parents ; the boys and girls alone were reserved to pay the Frenchman.