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Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life, Contents. (search)
l, 28. He nearly harpoons his Uncle, 29. He nearly kills a Fellow Apprentice, 29. Adventure with a young Woman, 31. His first Slave Case, 33. His Youthful Love for Sarah Tatum, 36. Nicholas Waln, 37. Mary Ridgeway, 38. William Savery, 38. His early Religious Experience, 43. Letter from Joseph Whitall, 44. He marries Sarah Tatum, 46. His interest in Colored People, 47. Charles Webster, 48. Ben Jackson, 51. Thomas Cooper, 55. A Child Kidnapped, 66. . Correspondence with Governor Young, 413. Preaching in Sing Sing Chapel, 415. Anecdotes of Dr. William Rogers, 417, 459. Interesting Cases of Reformed Convicts, 419 to 443. Letter from Dr. Walter Channing, 444. Anecdotes of William Savery and James Lindley at the South, 446. Sonnet by William L. Garrison, 448. His sympathy with Colored People turned out of the Cars, 448. A Methodist Preacher from the South, 452. His Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Law, 455. H
Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life, Life of Isaac T. Hopper. (search)
ous life. But more powerful than all other agencies was the preaching of William Savery. He was a tanner by trade; remarked by all who knew him as a man who walkdes on his shoulder. Without looking up, he said, I have brought these back, Mr. Savery. Where shall I put them? Wait till I can light a lantern, and I will go to he first time I was ever a thief. Let it be the last, my friend, replied William Savery. The secret shall remain between ourselves. Thou art still young, and it man. The secret of the theft was kept between them; but after John's death, William Savery sometimes told the story, to prove that evil might be overcome with good. ess and company. Her sister, alluding to the first sermon they heard, from William Savery, writes thus: His voice and manner were arresting, and we all liked theeshing meetings. To the end of his days, whenever anything reminded him of William Savery, he would utter a warm eulogium on his deep spirituality, his tender benev
Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life, The two young offenders. (search)
ionists had put back the cause of emancipation in the South. He often used to speak of the spirit manifested toward William Savery, when he went to the South to preach, as early as 1791. Writing from Augusta, Georgia, that tender-hearted minister administered to one of his slaves, who had fallen asleep through weariness, before his daily task was accomplished. William Savery says: When we went to supper, this unfeeling wretch craved a blessing; which I considered equally abhorrent to the Disweet unity and Christian fellowship, in days that are gone forever. I there saw the names, and read the letters, of William Savery, Thomas Scattergood, and a host of others, who have long since gone to their everlasting rest. I hope, however unwornd indulged in a few of his customary pleasantries. He spoke of rejoining his beloved Sarah, and his ancient friends William Savery, Nicholas Waln, Thomas Scattergood, and others, with as much certainty and pleasure as if he had been anticipating a