 Is it not amazing, that at a time, when the rights of humanity are defined and understood with precision, in a country, above all others, fond of liberty, that in such an age, and...  Niles' National Register - Side 1401841Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Jeffrey F. Meyer - 2001 - 382 sider
...Ibid., 1 60; Patrick Henry, who also had slaves, was just as eloquent an opponent of slavery, calling it "as repugnant to humanity as it is inconsistent with the Bible and destructive of liberty." James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me (New York: New Press, 1995), 139. 68. P. Foner,... | |
 | Paul Gordon Lauren - 2003 - 418 sider
...precision, in a country, above all others, fond of liberty, that in such a country we find men . . . adopting a principle as repugnant to humanity as it...is inconsistent with the Bible, and destructive to liberty?"121 Former slaves like Olaudab Equiano founded the Sons of Africa to mount public campaigns... | |
 | Owen Lovejoy - 2004 - 504 sider
...such an age, and in such a country, we find men, professing a religion the most humane and gentle, adopting a principle as repugnant to humanity as it...inconsistent with the Bible and destructive to liberty? I could say many things on this subject, a serious view of which gives a gloomy prospect for future... | |
 | C. Bradley Thompson - 324 sider
...such an age, and in such a country, we find men, professing a religion the most humane and gentle, adopting a principle as repugnant to humanity, as...inconsistent with the Bible, and destructive to liberty! I could say many things on this subject, a serious view of which gives a gloomy prospect for future... | |
 | James H. Hutson - 2009 - 288 sider
...in such an age and in such a country, we find men professing a religion the most humane, mild, meek, gentle and generous, adopting a Principle as repugnant...it is inconsistent with the Bible and destructive of liberty? Every thinking honest man rejects it in speculation, how few in practice from conscientious... | |
 | Noah M. Jedidiah Pickus - 2005 - 280 sider
...a Country above all others fond of Liberty, that in such an Age, & such a Country we find Men . . . adopting a Principle as repugnant to humanity as it...inconsistent with the Bible and destructive to Liberty" (Henry to Robert Pleasants, January 18, 1773, in Robert Douthat Meade, Patrick Henry: Patriot in the... | |
 | Anna Stubblefield - 2005 - 214 sider
...Patrick Henry (who gave the famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech) wrote that slavery is "as repugnant to humanity as it is inconsistent with the Bible and destructive of liberty/' yet he enslaved a large number of people, admitting "I am drawn along by the general inconvenience... | |
 | Bob Gingrich - 2006 - 262 sider
...precision, in a country, above all others, fond of liberty, that in such an age and in such a country we find men professing a religion the most humane,...speculation; how few in practice from conscientious motives! Would anyone believe lam the master of slaves of my own purchase! I am drawn along by the general inconvenience... | |
 | Bob Gingrich - 2006 - 261 sider
...precision, in a country, above all others, fond of liberty, that in such an age and in such a country we find men professing a religion the most humane,...speculation; how few in practice from conscientious motives! Would anyone believe I am the master of slaves of my own purchase! I am drawn along by the general... | |
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