Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and 1821: In a Series of Letters, with an Appendix Containing an Account of Several of the Indian Tribes and the Principal Missionary Stations, &c. ; Also, a Letter to M. Jean Baptiste Say, on the Comparative Expense of Free and Slave LabourSamuel Whiting, 1823 - 335 halaman |
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... masters by the week , or allowed , on pay- ing their masters a certain sum , generally about two dollars per week , to find work for themselves 38.
... masters by the week , or allowed , on pay- ing their masters a certain sum , generally about two dollars per week , to find work for themselves 38.
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... . 9d . sterling , and wild ducks at 2s per couple ; and where flour is four dollars per barrel , Indian corn , their favourite food , forty cents per bushel , and beef and mutton five to eight cents per pound . As sailors , the master 39 .
... . 9d . sterling , and wild ducks at 2s per couple ; and where flour is four dollars per barrel , Indian corn , their favourite food , forty cents per bushel , and beef and mutton five to eight cents per pound . As sailors , the master 39 .
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... master can obtain for their slaves ten dollars per month : and there are many families in Norfolk , especially many widows and orphans , whose property con- sists entirely of hereditary slaves , whom they hire out as the only means of ...
... master can obtain for their slaves ten dollars per month : and there are many families in Norfolk , especially many widows and orphans , whose property con- sists entirely of hereditary slaves , whom they hire out as the only means of ...
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... masters , some of whom were of the very first rank of Carolinian planters . At Augusta , in Georgia , I thought with much interest on the late excellent Miss Smelt , whose Memoirs I had read in England : and although I could not find ...
... masters , some of whom were of the very first rank of Carolinian planters . At Augusta , in Georgia , I thought with much interest on the late excellent Miss Smelt , whose Memoirs I had read in England : and although I could not find ...
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... Master's cause . Among them are to be found all the most strenu- ous supporters of the Bible Societies , Missionary Societies , and Sunday Schools . Indeed , the American Missionary Society , you are aware , had its origin in this part ...
... Master's cause . Among them are to be found all the most strenu- ous supporters of the Bible Societies , Missionary Societies , and Sunday Schools . Indeed , the American Missionary Society , you are aware , had its origin in this part ...
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Halaman ii - An Act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing...
Halaman 278 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Halaman 277 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Halaman 56 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Halaman 124 - No voice well known through many a day To speak the last, the parting word, Which when all other sounds decay Is still like distant music heard, — That tender farewell on the shore Of this rude world when all is o'er, Which cheers the spirit ere its bark Puts off into the unknown dark.
Halaman 327 - Somerset, had established the axiom, that " as soon as any slave sets his foot on English ground, he becomes free," there were many negroes in London who had been brought over by their masters.
Halaman 177 - a generous action: in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to " my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught; and if hungry, " I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.
Halaman 251 - By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law, and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime. We hope for a security, beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment.
Halaman 68 - Brief History of the progress and present state of the Unitarian Churches in America ;' compiled from documents and information communicated by the Rev. James Freeman, DD and William Wells, Jun.
Halaman 181 - Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno ; noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est.