Life and Narrative of William J. Anderson Twenty-four Years a Slave: Sold Eight Times! In Jail Sixty Times!! Whipped Three Hundred Times!!! ; Or the Dark Deeds of American Slavery Revealed ; Containing Scriptural Views of the Origin of the Black and of the White Man ; Also a Simple and Easy Plan to Abolish Slavery in the United States, Together with an Account of the Services of Colored Men in the Revolutionary War, Day and Date, and Interesting FactsDaily Tribune Book and Job Printing Office, 1857 - 81 |
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Strona 52 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Strona 73 - Your non-commissioned officers will be appointed from among yourselves. " Due regard will be paid to the feelings of freemen and soldiers. You will not, by being associated with white men in the same corps, be exposed to improper comparisons or unjust sarcasm. As a distinct, independent battalion or regiment, pursuing the path of glory, you will, undivided, receive the applause and gratitude of your countrymen. " To assure you of the sincerity of my intentions, and my anxiety to engage your invaluable...
Strona 79 - Come, saints and sinners, hear me tell How pious priests whip Jack and Nell, And women buy and children sell, And preach all sinners down to hell, And sing of heavenly union. They'll...
Strona 64 - At the commencement of the Revolutionary War, Rhode Island had a number of slaves. A regiment of them were enlisted into the Continental service, and no braver men met the enemy in battle; but not one of them was permitted to be a soldier until he had first been made a freeman.
Strona 64 - Island, where their numbers were more considerable, they were formed, under the same considerations, into a regiment commanded by white officers ; and it is required, in justice to them, to add, that they discharged their duty with zeal and fidelity. The gallant defence of Red Bank, in which this black regiment bore a part, is among the proofs of their valor.
Strona 10 - GOD moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform : He plants His footsteps on the sea, And rides upon the storm.
Strona 70 - They were, in numerous instances, the pioneers, and, in all, the laborers, of your armies. To their hands were owing the erection of the greatest part of the fortifications raised for the protection of our country; some of which, particularly...
Strona 67 - Three times in succession were they attacked with most desperate fury by well-disciplined and veteran troops; and three times did they successfully repel the assault, and thus preserve an army. They fought thus through the war. They were brave and hardy troops.
Strona 71 - I have an impression, that, not, indeed, in these piping times of peace, but in the time of war, when quite a boy, I have seen black soldiers enlisted, who did faithful and excellent service. But, however it may have been in the Northern States, I can tell the Senator what happened in the Southern States at this period. I believe that I shall be borne out in saying, that no regiments did better service, at New...
Strona 64 - In this contest it will be recollected that four hundred men met and repulsed, after a terrible and sanguinary struggle, fifteen hundred Hessian troops, headed by Count Donop. The glory of the defence of Red Bank, which has been pronounced one of the most heroic actions of the war, belongs in reality to black men ; yet who now hears them spoken of in connection with it ? Among the traits which distinguished the black regiment was devotion to their officers. In the attack made upon the American lines...