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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 22 0 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
ilbert was incensed, but not intimidated. He sailed for Newfoundland; and, entering St. Johns, he sum- Aug. 5. moned the Spaniards and Portuguese, and other strangers, to witness the feudal ceremonies by which he took possession of the country for his sovereign. A pillar, on which the arms of England were infixed, was raised as a monument; and lands were granted to the fishermen in fee, on condition of the payment of a quit-rent. The mineral-man of the expedition, an honest and religious Saxon, was especially diligent; it was generally agreed that the mountains made a show of mineral substance; the Saxon protested on his life that silver ore abounded; he was charged to keep the discovery a profound secret; and, as there were so many foreign vessels in the vicinity, the precious ore was carried on board the larger ship with such mystery, that the dull Portuguese and Spaniards suspected nothing of the matter. It was not easy for Gilbert to preserve order in the little fleet. Man
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 5: (search)
complexion and every clime. Senecae Epist. XCV. Agmina exoletorum, per nationes coloresque descripta, &c. De Brevit. Vit. c. XII. When the freedom of savage life succeeded in establishing its power on the ruins of the Roman empire, the great swarms of Roman slaves began to disappear; but the middle age witnessed rather a change in the channels of the slave-trade, than a diminution of its evils. The pirate, and the kidnapper, and the conqueror, still continued their pursuits. The Saxon race carried the most repulsive forms of slavery to England, Chap. V.} where not half the population could assert a right to freedom, and where the price of a man was but four times the price of an ox. The importation of foreign slaves was freely tolerated: in defiance of severe penalties, the Saxons sold their own kindred into slavery on the continent; nor could the traffic be checked, till religion, pleading the cause of humanity, made its appeal to conscience. Even after the conquest,
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
654, did not permit any man's person to be kept in prison for debt, except when there was an appearance of some estate which the debtor would not produce. Col Laws, 48—Even the brute creation was not forgotten; and cruelty towards animals was a civil offence.—The sympathies of the colonists were wide; a regard for Protestant Germany is as old as emigration; and, during the thirty years war, the whole people of New England held fasts and offered prayers Chap. X.} for the success of their Saxon brethren. The first years of the residence of Puritans in America, were years of great hardship and affliction; it is an error to suppose that this short season of distress was not promptly followed by abundance and happiness. The people were full of affections; and the objects of love were around them. They struck root in the soil immediately. They enjoyed religion. They were, from the first, industrious, and enterprising, and frugal; and affluence followed of course. When persecuti