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Lewis Tappan Quotes
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Type: Businessman Quotes Category: American Businessman Quotes Year of Birth: 1788 Year of Death: 1873 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Lewis Tappan Related Authors: Jim Rohn Bo Bennett Henry Ford David Ogilvy James Cash Penney Bill Gates Lee Scott Mike May |
I distributed some religious tracts, in the morning, to the convicts, and attempted to instruct the African prisoners, especially the children.
Lewis Tappan If any fall by the hand of violence, others will continue the blessed work. Lewis Tappan If you wish to draw off the people from a bad or wicked custom, you must beat up for a march; you must make an excitement, do something that everybody will notice. Lewis Tappan Indeed, the whole company, although thin in flesh, and generally of slight forms, and limbs, especially, are as good looking and intelligent a body of men as we usually meet with. Lewis Tappan Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo. Lewis Tappan One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators, by taking a large lump of ice to show these strangers from the tropics. Lewis Tappan The African prisoners are orderly and peaceable among themselves. Lewis Tappan The Anti-Slavery public have generously responded to our appeal, and sent the means to enable us to fit them out well, to pay their passages, supply them with many useful articles and give the Missionaries money to sustain themselves for a while. Lewis Tappan The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated. Lewis Tappan The event of the landing of these brethren upon our shores is to be, not without its beneficial effect, as well to the colored population of this country, as it promises to be to ill-fated Africa. Lewis Tappan The prisoners eyed the clothes some time, and laughed a good deal among themselves before they put them on. Lewis Tappan There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel. Lewis Tappan These meetings all have excited great attention, and have been of an exceedingly interesting character. Lewis Tappan They are entitled to their freedom here. Lewis Tappan They have a fine breeze and are now we hope, well on their way. Lewis Tappan They said their sufferings were great on the passage, and several of their number had died. Lewis Tappan Two or three of the men, besides one of the little girls, are natives of Congo, which is on the coast just south of the equator. Lewis Tappan We do not believe that any went away with the same views, and the same feelings in relation to any one in whose veins courses African blood. Lewis Tappan We will persevere, come life or death. Lewis Tappan You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend! Lewis Tappan |
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