"Wealthy men, too, like several of those in……" — John Sergeant Wise
"Wealthy men, too, like several of those in our neighborhood, had so many slaves that they were compelled to buy other plantations on which to employ them."
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John Sergeant Wise
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24 Quotes by John Sergeant Wise
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My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in…
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As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school.
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Of private differences personal to himself, my brother had none.
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THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.
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However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters…
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John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.
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Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far…
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In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards…
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In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished…
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And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be…
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The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the…
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In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost…
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