This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was an accursed business, and that the sooner my people were relieved of it, the better.
This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was a… - John Sergeant Wise
This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was a…
- John Sergeant Wise
Of private differences personal to himself, my brother had none. - John Sergeant Wise
Of private differences personal to himself, my brother had none.
In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now. - John Sergeant Wise
In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.
Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying of their p… - John Sergeant Wise
Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying of their p…
In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not re… - John Sergeant Wise
In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not re…
John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection. - John Sergeant Wise
John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.
However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' … - John Sergeant Wise
However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' …
I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over tw… - John Sergeant Wise
I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over tw…
And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, o… - John Sergeant Wise
And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, o…
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