 | John Glassford Hopkirk - 1833 - 72 sider
...man of feeling and information compare the deplorable state of the negroes in Africa with the mild 30 and comfortable lot they enjoy in our colonies ; let...wicked men ? Blasted in their fame, detested by men of charac31 ter, outcasts of society, discredited in their business, they lived in disgrace and dishonour,... | |
 | Ned Sublette - 2008 - 368 sider
...that were become our children, and many of us had neither locks nor bars to our houses. Not, Sirs, that we would disguise to you, that there did exist,...in disgrace and dishonour, and died in misery and despair.19 Which seems to boil down to: but we were so good to our slaves. The slaves felt otherwise.... | |
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... last ten years) with an anxiety of which you will find no example in Europe. The sincerest attachment connected the master and his slaves. We slept in security in the midst of men that were become our children, and many of us had neither locks nor... 