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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 3 1 Browse Search
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The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 3. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Anti-Slavery Poems (search)
lift no arm, we fling no torch within The fire-damps of the quaking mine beneath your soil of sin; We leave ye with your bondmen, to wrestle, while ye can, With the strong upward tendencies and godlike soul of man! But for us and for our children, the vow which we have given For freedom and humanity is registered in heaven; No slave-hunt in our borders,—no pirate on our strand! No fetters in the Bay State,—no slave upon our land! 1843. The Christian slave. In a publication of L. F. Tasistro—Random Shots and South. ern Breezes—is a description of a slave auction at New Orleans, at which the auctioneer recommended the woman on the stand as A good Christian! It was not uncommon to see advertisements of slaves for sale, in which they were described as pious or as members of the church. In one advertisement a slave was noted as a Baptist preacher. A Christian! going, gone! Who bids for God's own image? for his grace, Which that poor victim of the market-place Hath in her