... is the fact. At the outset our sympathies were almost unanimously with the North, until it was seen that the abolition of slavery was not the aim Northern statesmen ; and all through the struggle a large majoriiy of Englishmen—though we were not of the ...

... rate for the nine years of two hundred millions year. And he goes on to calculate that this sum—the cost of the abolition of slavery to the country—is tantamount to the labour of two millions of men exerted continuously during the nine years, that is five ...

... destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it freeing all the slaves I would do it ; and if I could save it freeing some and leaving others alone I would also that. What I do about slavery and the ...

... may be expected to resume its sway. A horrible tale from the Antipodes shows that a condition of servitude, amounting to slavery, exists in our colony of Queensland, and that the traffickers are guilty of kidnapping in the island of Fiji. A French barque ...

... see bow anxious and responsible was the part journalism had to play. Roman Catholic Emanci- pation, Reform, Abolition of Slavery, Repeal of the Corn Laws, Ten Hours' Factory Bill, Abolition ! of Capital Punishment, except for tbe taking of j human life ...

... treat the Government of the United States not as any ordinarily friendly Government, but as one fighting for the abolition of slavery, of which we have always affected to be the champion. To the painful astonishment of the United States, the British Government ...

... which have revolutionised modern politics, and in the latter country at least, changed the face of society. The abolition of Slavery in the United States—perhaps the most important event of the entire period—has given rise to new problems for the statesman ...

... which have revolutionized modern politics, and, in the latter country at least, changed the face of society. The abolition of slavery in the United States—perhaps the most important event of the entire period—has given rise to new problems for the statesman ...

... despair, and blows his brains out by way of freeing himself. It costs between two and three thousand francs to escape from this slavery. This is dirt cheap, and it is much to be regretted for the honour and future of France that all Frenchmen have not got it ...

... useful traders. The liberty which drinking confers endangers the liberty of others and frequently leads its victim to the most slavery. Yea, it makes him place his iron brute force upon an innocent woman and upon helpless children. Hunter (not heathen) speaking ...

... straw, rude floor being put up at one end of the sheds. Up to that period I had never seen men so nearly reduced to state of slavery. I arrived at tho farm about daylight, and found all hands work. The hours in summer, learned, were from four a.m. to eight ...

... correspondence. This we may thank the Tories for. That was the party which both spoke and wrote up the cause of rebellion and slavery, and we now reap the fruits of it. Still, it is not just towards England to fix on the whole of the country the fault of a ...