The Journal of Negro History, 1. köideCarter Godwin Woodson, Rayford Whittingham Logan Association for the Study of Negro Life and History., 1916 The scope of the Journal include the broad range of the study of Afro-American life and history. |
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Page 21 - WOE to the land shadowing with wings, Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia : That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, Even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying. Go, ye swift messengers, To a nation scattered and peeled, To a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; A nation meted out and trodden down, Whose land the rivers have spoiled...
Page 187 - Society shall be called the American Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States.
Page 95 - It is a maxim with some great military judges, that, with sensible officers, soldiers can hardly be too stupid ; and, on this principle, it is thought that the Russians would make the best soldiers in the world, if they were under other officers than their own.
Page 189 - They mutually pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
Page 96 - This will secure their fidelity, animate their courage, and, I believe, will have a good influence upon those who remain, BY OPENING A DOOR TO THEIR EMANCIPATION. This circumstance, I confess, has no small weight in inducing me to wish the success of the project ; for the dictates of humanity and true policy equally interest me in favor of this unfortunate class of men.
Page 216 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 92 - I would advance those who are unjustly deprived of the rights of mankind to a state which would be a proper gradation between abject slavery and perfect liberty, and besides I would reinforce the defenders of liberty with a number of gallant soldiers.
Page 86 - On that day, free negroes stood in the ranks by the side of white men. In the beginning of the war, they had entered the provincial army ; the first general order which was issued by Ward, had required a return, among other things, of "the complexion...
Page 46 - If you prick us, do we not bleed ? If you poison us, do we not die?
Page 96 - The contempt we have been taught to entertain for the blacks, makes us fancy many things that are founded neither in reason nor experience...