 To abolish a status, which in all ages GOD has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only be robbery to an innumerable class of our fellow-subjects; but it would be extreme cruelty to the African Savages, a portion of whom it saves from massacre,...  The Edinburgh Review - Page 751846Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...general mischief when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status, which in all ages Goo has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only...of life ; especially now when their passage to the West-Indies and their treatment there is humanely regulated. To abolish that trade would be to " shut... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...general mischief when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status, which in all ages GOB has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only...of life; especially now when their passage to the West-Indies and their treatment there is humanely regulated. To abolish that trade would be to " shut... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 520 pages
...popularity, when prosperous ; or a love of general mischief when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status which in all ages GOD has sanctioned,...their own country, and introduces into a much happier stale of life ; especially now when their passage to the West Indies and their treatment there is humanely... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...statut which in all age« GOD haï sanctioned, and man has continued, would not onlyberouoery toan innumerable class of our fellow-subjects; but it would...cruelty to the African Savages, a portion of whom it eaves from massacre, of intolerable bondage in their own country, and introduce* into a much happier... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 418 pages
...popularity, when prosperous, or a love of general mischief when desperate, — my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status, which in all ages GOD has sanctioned,...innumerable class of our fellow-subjects ; but it woukTbe extreme cruelty to the African Savages, a portion of whom it saves from massacre, or intolerable... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 458 pages
...popularity, when prosperous ; or a love of general mischief when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status, which in all ages GOD has sanctioned, and man has continued, would not only t>e robbery to an innumerable class of our fellow-subjects ; but it would be extreme cruelty to the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1823 - 492 pages
...popularity when prosperous, or a love of general mischief when desperate, — my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status, which in all ages GOD has sanctioned...not only be robbery to an innumerable class of our fellow subjects; but it would be extreme cruelty to the African Savages, a portion of whom it saves... | |
 | 1826 - 870 pages
...popularity when prosperous, or .a love of general mischief when desperate, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status which in all ages God has sanctioned,...fellow-subjects, but it would be extreme cruelty to the African sä vages; a portion of whom it saves from massacre, or introduces into a much happier state of life... | |
 | John Riland - Enslaved persons - 1827 - 270 pages
...have supported it, whether from a love of popularity, or a love of mischief, my opinion is unshaken. To abolish a status which in all ages God has sanctioned...and introduces into a much happier state of life.' ' Pretty well,' said I, ' for one side ; but we may just as well now read Dr. Johnson's argument ;... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1827 - 622 pages
...«nil man has continued, would not only be rMtry to an innumerable с lass of our fellow»xibjecte ; was over, a ܋ mach happier state of life ; especially now when their passage to the West Indies, and their treatment... | |
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