Anti Slavery Reminiscences
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We had no time for an^^thing more than to pick up what we could find, whether it fitted them or not ; for Ave dared not keep them longer than was abso- lutely necessary. And when one of them put on a straight-collared, round-cut Quaker coat, which w^as much too large for him, the grotesqueness of his appearance caused them as well as ourselves, much merriment, despite the sombre aspect of the situation.
3 '{4 ANTI-SLAVERY REMINISCENCES.
Our noiglibor. S did not all sympathize with our thus sett...ing at nought, the law of the land ; which Daniel AVebster, the great expounder, had so se- verely implored us to obey. (One pious old dea- con, in the Baptist Church, said, when the story got abroad, that we had no right thus to violate the law of the land. ) Had the slave-catchers come for those young men, we should not have opened our doors to them, and we should have done every- thing in our ])o\ver, consistent with our peace principles, to prevent their capture. The conse- quences woukl, probably, have been serious to us, but we were prei)ared for whatever they might be, feeling sure, that we were obeying a higher and more imperative law.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
We had no time for an^^thing more than to pick up what we could find, whether it fitted them or not ; for Ave dared not keep them longer than was abso- lutely necessary. And when one of them put on a straight-collared, round-cut Quaker coat, which w^as much too large for him, the grotesqueness of his appearance caused them as well as ourselves, much merriment, despite the sombre aspect of the situation.
3 '{4 ANTI-SLAVERY REMINISCENCES.
Our noiglibor. S did not all sympathize with our thus sett...ing at nought, the law of the land ; which Daniel AVebster, the great expounder, had so se- verely implored us to obey. (One pious old dea- con, in the Baptist Church, said, when the story got abroad, that we had no right thus to violate the law of the land. ) Had the slave-catchers come for those young men, we should not have opened our doors to them, and we should have done every- thing in our ])o\ver, consistent with our peace principles, to prevent their capture. The conse- quences woukl, probably, have been serious to us, but we were prei)ared for whatever they might be, feeling sure, that we were obeying a higher and more imperative law.
What to read after Anti Slavery Reminiscences?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Elizabeth Buffum Chace to read onlineMoreLess
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