 | Zachary Macaulay - 1823 - 122 pagina’s
...obtained their end, by an application to the proprietor himself, then in England. After this a fourth made many efforts to obtain his freedom by purchase,...despondency, and became of comparatively little value. The number of Brown -slaves, the children of White men, is very considerable. In general, however,... | |
 | Zachary Macaulay - 1823 - 138 pagina’s
...obtained their end, by an application to the proprietor himself then in England. After this a fourth made many efforts to obtain his freedom by purchase,...despondency, and became of comparatively little value. The number of Brown slaves, the children of White men, is very considerable. In general, however, they... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1823 - 572 pagina’s
...obtained their end by an application to the proprietor himselfj then in England. After this a fourth made many efforts to obtain his freedom by purchase,...he sunk in consequence into a state of despondency, aiid because comparatively of little value." * . •,. ; , , _,{ '—• ' ' ' i r—'—• i*,';... | |
 | 1824 - 574 pagina’s
...obtained their end by an application to the proprietor himself, then in England. After this, a fourth made many efforts to obtain his freedom by purchase,...despondency, and became of comparatively little value.' * (C. page 67.) • Mr. Cooper knew two or three other cases of this description. This reference to... | |
 | Graham W. Irwin - 1977 - 432 pagina’s
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... valuable hands. Mr. Cooper knew three valuable men who wished to purchase their freedom. They had long applied in vain to the agents of the proprietor resident on the spot. They at length, however, obtained their end, by an application to the proprietor... 