... recruiting in 1768, the following Royal Proclamation was issued :— \ ““To all aspiring heroes bold, who have spirits above slavery and trade, and inclinations to become gentlemen by bearing arms in His Majesty’s — Regiment, commanded by the magnanimous-—let ...

... Marchand, is the man by whose prompt and vigorous policy the island of Madagascar became a colony of France. Under Gallieni slavery was abolished in Madagascar, brigandage suppressed, and the ‘main trade routes opened. The general not only brought order ...

... exclamation had its effect even in that day of slaughter; the lives of the mother and son were spared, but they could not avoid slavery. The mother and son were both redeemed by the Continental Committee employed in this work of humanity ; they were sent, to ...

... chance, or her determination to go through every street, brought her at last to the one in which he who had won her heart in slavery was living in a prosperous condition. The crowd drew the family to the window ; his servant recognised her: and Gilbert Becket ...

... DELHI GATE, AGRA, INDIA . THE Scotch prisoners taken by Cromwell at the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar were sold into slavery for a term of eight years, and sent to the plantations in Virginia. THE author who wrote Z%e Final War introduced a wonderful ...

... of Ilfracombe unless it were ransomed. Sixty men were taken out of a Cornish church by these Turks, and carried away into slavery. Even in these days our coast defences ought to be well looked to. ON the western coast of Africa the native soldiers suffer ...

... A Recruiting Speech in 1772. “To all aspiring heroes bold, who have spirits above slavery and trade, and inclinations to become gentlemen by bearing arms in His Majesty'sregiment commanded by the magnanimouslet them repair to the drum head (tow ...

... well. The second in command, a M. TU“‘VJ pleases me much by his politeness and good sen’:g,g«& complains heavily of the slavery lre has lately unders s worse than any he endured in Italy, where he ‘g aide-de-camp to Buonaparte. The most nhrml‘ofi:‘? ...

... merchant, unless he is preépared to give you a weekly salary, besides commission and travelling expenses, is nothing more than slavery, and this remark holds good for every kind of business in which canvassers are eniployed. It must, however, be thoroughly ...

... been made, the garrison, weak and worn out w@ fatigue, was about to lay down their arms and thg yield up their children to slavery, their old men @ death, and their women to horrible outrages, when 8 intzepid Polish lady, named Kazamowska, ap, = with arms ...

... Civilised nations it is a rule to treat prisoners Ay froumi}mty, but this has not always been the caseoyt to?}: 1t; death or slavery was the measure meted .h‘,,eb ose who were unfortunate enough to be taken To lut a few centuries ago. Ome (;101( back to the ...

... men into the sea. The other native tribes along that part of the coast were fearfully oppressed—slaughtered, and sold into slavery by this savage potentate ; and in their great distress they appealed to the British commander at Cape Coast Castle for aid ...