 | Thomas Smith - 1825 - 846 pages
...the benevolent intentions of his majesty into effect. The negroes are said to have answered, that " God had made them of the same flesh and blood as the whites ; that they were tired of being slaves; that their good king had sent orders that they should be free, and that they would work no longer."... | |
 | Jack Ernest Shalom Hayward - 1985 - 222 pages
...forthcoming Bathurst reforms, the rebels replied, in Murray's account, that 'these things ... were no comfort to them. God had made them of the same flesh and blood...King had sent Orders that they should be free and they would not work any more'.19 Murray then said that he would only negotiate once the rebels laid... | |
 | Barbara Lewis Solow, Stanley L. Engerman - 2004 - 360 pages
...became more specific. "These things were no comfort to them," Murray reported them as saying. "God has made them of the same flesh and blood as the whites,...King had sent Orders that they should be free and they would not work any more."27 25 Lord Bathurst to Colonial Governors, Downing Street, July 9, 1823,... | |
 | Emília Viotti da Costa - 1994 - 406 pages
...carrying whips into the fields were but the first steps. "These things," the slaves said, "were no comfort to them; God had made them of the same flesh and blood as the whites; they were tired of being slaves; their good King had sent orders that they should be free, and they... | |
 | Matt D. Childs - 2009 - 320 pages
...emphasizing equality of all men before God, with abolition rumors. The slaves told the governor that " 'God had made them of the same flesh and blood as the whites; they were tired of being slaves; their good King has sent orders that they should be free, and they... | |
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These things they said were no comfort to them. God had made them of the same flesh and blood as the whites, that they were tired of being slaves to them, that they should be free and they would not work any more. 