Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour: To which is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry |
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... mother , and his two daughters , at the request of Robert Hurnard , who be- came acquainted with the author in 1820 , while he re- sided at Wilmington , Delaware ; and after his return to England , had it printed . The profits arising ...
... mother , and his two daughters , at the request of Robert Hurnard , who be- came acquainted with the author in 1820 , while he re- sided at Wilmington , Delaware ; and after his return to England , had it printed . The profits arising ...
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... mother , he says , " she was born of a woman brought from Guinea about the year 1690 , then about eleven years old ; she was brought in- to one of the most barbarous families , and though treat- ed hard she had many children and lived ...
... mother , he says , " she was born of a woman brought from Guinea about the year 1690 , then about eleven years old ; she was brought in- to one of the most barbarous families , and though treat- ed hard she had many children and lived ...
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... mother , I sent for her to come to the State of Delaware , and when we were brought to- gether , it was very comfortable , and we could sit and tell of the dangers and difficulties we had been brought through ; she lived to a great age ...
... mother , I sent for her to come to the State of Delaware , and when we were brought to- gether , it was very comfortable , and we could sit and tell of the dangers and difficulties we had been brought through ; she lived to a great age ...
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... mother's children , four were sent to the western countries : my father and two children were sent to the West Indies , and sold there to Abner Ste- vens , after we had made attempt to recover our free- dom , for being moved out of ...
... mother's children , four were sent to the western countries : my father and two children were sent to the West Indies , and sold there to Abner Ste- vens , after we had made attempt to recover our free- dom , for being moved out of ...
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... mother of the mercies of God towards him , and of his obligations to the Sierra . Leone Company . He then desired him to write his will , which he began in the presence of captain Wooles and of James Cato , a black servant that attended ...
... mother of the mercies of God towards him , and of his obligations to the Sierra . Leone Company . He then desired him to write his will , which he began in the presence of captain Wooles and of James Cato , a black servant that attended ...
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Page 68 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 57 - Be ye angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath : neither give place to the devil.
Page 50 - I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there ye may be also.
Page 197 - That the senators and representatives of this state, in the Congress of the United States...
Page 123 - Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying, "Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Page 156 - The rites of hospitality being thus performed towards a stranger in distress, my worthy benefactress — pointing to the mat, and telling me I might sleep there without apprehension — called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton, in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night.
Page 46 - For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 41 - Blessing, honour, glory, and power be unto him, that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb, for ever and ever.
Page 11 - To the Publick" that prefaces Phillis Wheatley's book and that reads in part: We whose Names are under-written, do assure the World, that the Poems specified in the following Page, were (as we verily believe) written by Phillis, a young Negro Girl, who was but a few Years since, brought an uncultivated Barbarian from Africa, and has ever since been, and now is, under the Disadvantage of serving as a Slave in a Family in this Town. She has been examined by some of the best Judges, and is thought qualified...
Page 136 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.