The Jamaica Movement: For Promoting the Enforcement of the Slave-trade Treaties, and the Suppression of the Slave-trade; with Statements of Fact, Convention, and Law |
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Page 54 - minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the full bosom of the perilous stuff That weighs upon the heart?
Page 306 - Let the people praise thee, O God : let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our God, shall bless us.
Page 10 - he cleared outwards, stating that a sufficient security had been given by the owners of such vessel, that such extra quantity of casks, or of other vessels, should only be used to hold palm oil, or for other purposes of lawful commerce. 7th. A greater number of mess-tubs, or kids, than
Page 10 - A larger quantity of water, in casks or in tanks, than is requisite for the consumption of the crew of the vessel, as a merchant vessel. 6th. An extraordinary number of watercasks, or of other vessels for holding liquid, unless the master shall produce a certificate from the Custom-house of the place from
Page 10 - Hatches with open gratings, instead of the close hatches which are usual in merchant vessels. 2nd. Divisions, or bulk-heads, in the hold, or on deck, in greater number than are necessary for vessels engaged in lawful trade. 3rd. Spare planks, fitted for laying down as a second, or slave deck. 4th. Shackles, bolts, or handcuffs. 6th.
Page 50 - Per me si va nella citta dolente ; Per me si va nell' eterno dolore ; Per me si va tra la perduta gente.— Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate.
Page 79 - day of May, 1820, and that from and after that period it shall not be lawful for any of the subjects of the Crown of Spain to purchase slaves, or to carry on the slave-trade on any part of the coast of Africa, upon any pretext or in any manner whatever.
Page 339 - judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field ; when the work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Page 373 - heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then, what is man ? and what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man?
Page 57 - Our life is turned Out of her course, wherever man is made An offering, or a sacrifice, a tool Or implement, a passive tiling employed As a brute mean, without acknowledgment Of common right or interest in the end