How pitiable is it to reflect, that although you were so fully convinced of the benevolence of the Father of Mankind, and of his equal and impartial distribution of these rights and privileges, which he hath conferred upon them, that you should at the same time counteract his mercies, in detaining by fraud and violence so numerous a part of my brethren, under groaning captivity and cruel oppression, that you should at the same time be found guilty of that most criminal act, which you professedly detested in others, with respect to yourselves
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. - Benjamin Banneker
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.
- Benjamin Banneker
Never abandon your vision. Keep reaching to further your dreams. - Benjamin Banneker
Never abandon your vision. Keep reaching to further your dreams.
I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to th… - Benjamin Banneker
I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to th…
Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot came rattling about me,… - Benjamin Banneker
Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot came rattling about me,…
Were there no uniforms, there would probably be no armies. - Benjamin Banneker
Were there no uniforms, there would probably be no armies.
How pitiable is it to reflect, that although you were so fully convinced of the benevolence of the Father of Mankind, and of his equal and impartial … - Benjamin Banneker
How pitiable is it to reflect, that although you were so fully convinced of the benevolence of the Father of Mankind, and of his equal and impartial …
Let a Secretary of Peace be appointed. - Benjamin Banneker
Let a Secretary of Peace be appointed.
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners. - Benjamin Banneker
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
It is the indispensable duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who possess the obligations of Christianity, to ex… - Benjamin Banneker
It is the indispensable duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who possess the obligations of Christianity, to ex…
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