Lectures of George Thompson: With a Full Report of the Discussion Between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Borthwick, the Pro-slavery Agent, Held at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool, Eng., and which Continued for Six Evenings with Unabated Interest, Comp. from Various English Editions. Also, a Brief History of His Connection with the Anti-slavery Cause in England, by Wm. Lloyd Garrison |
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Page v
... audiences was boundless . The West India party had sent into the field against MR . THOMPSON , a person by the name of PETER BORTHWICK , well skilled in artificial oratory , fluent in debate , stoically self - possessed , of ...
... audiences was boundless . The West India party had sent into the field against MR . THOMPSON , a person by the name of PETER BORTHWICK , well skilled in artificial oratory , fluent in debate , stoically self - possessed , of ...
Page vi
... audience in Edinburgh or Glasgow , wholly unaware of the pres- ence of MR . THOMPSON , who sat taking notes in a remote corner of the hall . In the course of his lecture , he boldly asserted , that , by a law of Jamaica , if a slave ...
... audience in Edinburgh or Glasgow , wholly unaware of the pres- ence of MR . THOMPSON , who sat taking notes in a remote corner of the hall . In the course of his lecture , he boldly asserted , that , by a law of Jamaica , if a slave ...
Page vii
... audience , was made while I was in England . The cities of Bath and Bristol were the strong holds of the pro - slavery party , and they contribu- ted liberally to the support of MR . BORTHWICK . A splendid service of plate had just been ...
... audience , was made while I was in England . The cities of Bath and Bristol were the strong holds of the pro - slavery party , and they contribu- ted liberally to the support of MR . BORTHWICK . A splendid service of plate had just been ...
Page x
... audience . He knew that he was ad- dressing a professedly moral and religious people ; and he rightly judged , that they would regard an outrage done to the intellect and soul of a human being , as transcending every other in enormity ...
... audience . He knew that he was ad- dressing a professedly moral and religious people ; and he rightly judged , that they would regard an outrage done to the intellect and soul of a human being , as transcending every other in enormity ...
Page xi
... audience could not be otherwise than moved to tears , roused to indignant remonstrance , and inspired to labor for his deliverance . I trust it will be remembered , throughout the mighty struggle that is now going on in this country ...
... audience could not be otherwise than moved to tears , roused to indignant remonstrance , and inspired to labor for his deliverance . I trust it will be remembered , throughout the mighty struggle that is now going on in this country ...
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abolitionists advocate Africa alluded American Colonization Society Anti-Slavery Society appeared Applause argument assertion audience auditory Bahamas Baptist Borth Borthwick British called cause Christian Colonial Slavery Colonization Society colored crime cruelty danger death declared duty emancipation England enslave evil Faneuil Hall feelings flogged four parlors free labor freedom friends GEORGE THOMPSON give Glasgow Hayti hear heard heart heaven hisses humanity immediate Indian slavery Indies inflicted inhabitants island Jamaica Jews justice ladies land laughter lecture liberty Liverpool Lord Lord Brougham Loud cheers Manchester master meeting ment mercy missionaries moral motives murder negro never New-England Anti-Slavery Society night observed Old Bailey Onesimus opponent oppression PELEG SPRAGUE persons planters population portion present principles proceedings prove punishment question quoted religion reply Salford sanction slave trade speech SPRAGUE Thomp tion unto West India body
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Page 39 - Art thou called being a servant '( care not for it : but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Page 45 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 36 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 40 - ... do unto others as they would that others should do unto them...
Page 38 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Page xxix - If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse...
Page x - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Page 121 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Page 40 - But there is yet a liberty unsung By poets, and by senators unpraised, Which monarchs cannot grant, nor all the powers Of Earth and Hell confederate take away : A liberty, which persecution, fraud, Oppression, prisons have no power to bind ; Which whoso tastes can be enslaved no more.
Page 38 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.