The horrors of slavery
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creator: Johnson, William H. H., 1839-
issued: 2022-10-24
issued: 1901
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extent: 54 pages : frontpiece (portrait) ; 17 cm
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note: PREFACE. books that have been published on j§l|| ccording to my knowledge, none have, in fall detail, state! the horrors that ray people were subjected to, and I believe there are many people at present, that will hardly credit the facts related in this volume. But this is no fictitious mattej|p_ It is all true, from my own experience, and from the experience of others of my race that were subjects of slavery for many years. Fifty years ago, I well remember of hearing the awful account, of the horrors of .the war in San Domingo, on account of slavery. Black people were natives of the country. Since that time, I have read a great deal in history about those horrors, and I have as near as possible obtained the facts from there, as well as the slavery that was in existence in the United States, and in Rome thousands of years ago. Many times have I seen my afflicted people, after they had arrived at my father's house, making their escape from the horrors of slavery to th e land of freedom; and, if what they relate be true, slavery could not be less than a curse to all mankind, in the way it was conducted, and yet good came out of it, in the way I think over the matter. God, in His wisdom favored that plan, to extend His gospel to the heathen of my race in Africa, for them to be conveyed to this continent, suffer untold hardships; suffer in the fiery furnace of slavery, for our disobedience after being favored so highly by His holy hand, in Africa, and to become acquainted with the Saviour of the world and embrace that true religion that is so essential to* our salvation; then return to our fatherland and teach our heathen PREFACE HORRORS OP SLAVERY, : people about this wonderful God and Christianity, that they had never heard of. This is my candid opinion, because thousands of my race have returned to Africa as missionaries, and the result shows good work. My readers will understand that I am not in favor of slavery in no shape or form. God gave His only begotten Son to…
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language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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subject: Johnson, William H. H., 1839-
subject: Slavery--United States--Anecdotes
subject: African Americans--Biography
type: Text