While he contended earnestly for the liberty of the people born in one quarter of the globe, he laboured to enslave the inhabitants of another region ; and in the warmth of his zeal to save the Americans from the yoke, pronounced it to be lawful and expedient... Retrospective Review - Page 247edited by - 1822Full view - About this book
| James Montgomery - Slave trade - 1814 - 178 pages
...born in one quarter of ' the globe, laboured to inslave the inhabitants of ano' ther region, and, in his zeal to save the Americans from ' the yoke, pronounced...lawful and expedient to ' impose one still heavier on the Africans.' — Robertson's History of America, Vol. I., Part III. But the circumstance connected... | |
| William Robertson - America - 1817 - 448 pages
...means of restoring liberty to another. n t_ _^_, But Las Casas, from the inconsistency natural 1517to men who hurry with headlong impetuosity towards a...pronounced it to be lawful and expedient to impose one stillheavier upon the Africans. Unfortunately for the latter, Las Casas's plan was adopted. Charles... | |
| William Robertson - America - 1817 - 470 pages
...the people born in one quarter of the globe, he laboured to enslave the inhabitantsofanotherregion ; and in the warmth of his zeal to save the Americans...expedient to impose one still heavier upon the Africans. Unfortunately for the latter, Las Casas's plan was adopted. Charles granted a patent to one of his... | |
| Bryan Edwards - 1819 - 636 pages
...concerting the means of restoring freedom to another. " While he contended," says a late writer,* " for the liberty of the people born in one quarter...lawful and expedient to impose one, still heavier, uponlhe Africans." It would be difficult perhaps to say what yoke could well be heavier than the rigorous... | |
| William Robertson, Alexander Stewart - America - 1820 - 440 pages
...pronounced * Herrera, dec. 1. lib. vc 12. f Ibid. lib. viii. c. 9. 312 BOOK 1518. Las Casas proposes it to be lawful and expedient to impose one still heavier upon the Africans. Unfortunately for the latter, Las Casas's plan was adopted. Charles granted a patent to one of his... | |
| William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - History - 1821 - 478 pages
...rejected the proposition, because he Ilr" perceived the iniquity of reducing one race of men 15*17 to slavery, while he was consulting about the means...expedient to impose one still heavier upon the Africans. Unfortunately for the latter, Las Casas's plan was adopted. Charles granted a patent to one of his... | |
| William Robertson - America - 1821 - 478 pages
...rejected the proposition, because he ni - perceived the iniquity of reducing one race of men '""IS^T"*' to slavery, while he was consulting about the means...expedient to impose one still heavier upon the Africans. Unfortunately for the latter, Las Casas's plan was adopted. Charles granted a patent to one of his... | |
| William Robertson - America - 1821 - 614 pages
...contended earnestly x. for the liberty of the people born in one quarter of the globe, hela-^.--' beared to enslave the inhabitants of another region; and...and expedient to impose one still heavier upon the * Hmera, dec. 3. lib. ii. c. 16, 19, 21. lib. iii. c. 7, 8. Africans. U nforlunately for the latter.... | |
| James Montgomery - 1821 - 294 pages
...born in ' one quarter of the globe, laboured to enslave the in' habitants of another region, and, in his zeal to save * the Americans from the yoke, pronounced it to be ' lawful and expedient to impose one it-ill heavier on ' the Africans.' — Robertson's History of Jlmeriea, Vol. I. Part HI. But the circumstance... | |
| Books - 1822 - 386 pages
...sufficient number of negroes from the Portugueze settlements on the coast of Africa, and to transport them to America, in order that they might be employed as...imagination could devise. In this manner, is built up a pompous declamation against one of the most unwearied and disinterested benefactors of the human race.... | |
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