The Fugitive Blacksmith; Or, Events in the History of James W.C. Pennington |
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The Fugitive Blacksmith Or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington James W. C. Pennington Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
The Fugitive Blacksmith; Or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington James W. C. Pennington Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
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acquainted Anti-Slavery Assembly of Maryland attempt barn began BISHOPSGATE brethren brother BROTHER-IN-LAW captors CHARLES GILPIN chattel principle CHESTER COUNTY choly Christ Christian coloured corn cowhide cruel darkness daughters deeply door dread escape evil father favoured feel felt fence flight flog form of slavery free soil FUGITIVE BLACKSMITH gave gone gospel hand heard heart hope horses hundred dollars J. W. C. PENNINGTON John Henderson kind knew labour leave liberty lived look Maryland melan Methodist mildest form miles mind months morning mother negro never nigger night o'clock old master once oppressor overseer parents passed Pennsylvania plantation potatoes reader rest road Sabbath seemed shew sisters slaveholders slaves sold soon soul spirit stood tavern thee thought tion toll-gate took town Vigilance Committee voice wife wood words yard
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Página 81 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God ; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit...
Página 81 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me ; because the Lord hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord...
Página 84 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Página 83 - The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to (for) all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lust, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world, looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ...
Página 35 - He holdeth back the face of His throne, and spreadeth a cloud before it." Before I proceed to the critical events and final deliverance of the next chapter, I cannot forbear to pause a moment here for reflection. The reader may well imagine how the events of the past day affected my mind. You have seen what was done to me; you have heard what was said to me— you have also seen what I have done, and heard what I have said. If you ask me whether I had expected before I left home, to gain my liberty...
Página 59 - If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him, but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him?
Página 2 - ... cannot be maintained upon Christian ground, then we have wrought and triumphed to little purpose, and we shall have to do our first work over again. It is this that has done all the mischief connected with slavery; it is this that threatens still further mischief. Whatever may be the ill or favored condition of the slave in the matter of mere personal treatment, it is the chattel relation that robs him of his manhood, and transfers his ownership in himself to another. It is this that transfers...
Página 62 - It cost me two years' hard labor, after I fled, to unshackle my mind; it was three years before I had purged my language of slavery's idioms; it was four years before I had thrown off the crouching aspect of slavery...
Página 12 - Eternal, I'll make them know their hour. The fact is, I have too many of you; my people are getting to be the most careless, lazy, and worthless in the country." "Master," said my father, "I am always at my post; Monday morning never finds me off the plantation." "Hush Bazil! I shall have to sell some of you; and then the rest will have enough to do; I have not work enough to keep you all tightly employed; I have too many of you.