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The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 1. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Narrative and legendary poems (search)
e heart. Have not, he asks, these negroes as much right to fight for their freedom as you have to keep them slaves? Under the wise direction of Pastorius, the Germantown settlement grew and prospered. The inhabitants planted orchards and vineyards, and surrounded themselves with souvenirs of their old home. A large number of them were linen-weavers, as well as small farmers. The Quakers were the principal sect, but men of all religions were tolerated, and lived together in harmony. In 1692 Richard Frame published, in what he called verse, a Description of Pennsylvania, in whichhe alludes to the settlement:— “The German town of which I spoke before, Which is at least in length one mile or more, Where lives High German people and Low Dutch, Whose trade in weaving linen cloth is much,— There grows the flax, as also you may know That from the same they do divide the tow. Their trade suits well their habitation,— We find convenience for their occupation.” Pastorius seems t