A Letter to the Governors, Legislatures, and Proprietors of Plantations, in the British West-India IslandsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808 - Всего страниц: 48 |
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... converted there at least 10,000 Slaves to the Christian religion . Taking it then for granted that you will be influenced by these considerations , to bestow the blessings • blessings of Christianity on your Slaves , and the ( 7 )
... converted there at least 10,000 Slaves to the Christian religion . Taking it then for granted that you will be influenced by these considerations , to bestow the blessings • blessings of Christianity on your Slaves , and the ( 7 )
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... converting Pagan nations to the Christian faith , has been by sending missionaries among them , to shew them the falsehood and gross errors of their own religion , and to instruct them in the divine truths of the Gospel , and the duties ...
... converting Pagan nations to the Christian faith , has been by sending missionaries among them , to shew them the falsehood and gross errors of their own religion , and to instruct them in the divine truths of the Gospel , and the duties ...
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... of them , that it is indispensably necessary to have recourse to other means of converting and instructing the Negro Slaves in our islands , than those which have hitherto hitherto been made use of . Now that which I ( 10 )
... of them , that it is indispensably necessary to have recourse to other means of converting and instructing the Negro Slaves in our islands , than those which have hitherto hitherto been made use of . Now that which I ( 10 )
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... converted fellow - labourers . This is not merely assertion and speculation . It is proved by fact and by experience ; by the conduct of the Slaves who have been converted from Paganism and instructed in the Christian religion by the ...
... converted fellow - labourers . This is not merely assertion and speculation . It is proved by fact and by experience ; by the conduct of the Slaves who have been converted from Paganism and instructed in the Christian religion by the ...
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... converted to Chris- tianity in some of the British islands , especially that of Antigua ; and what is the case with them ? Are they by conversion rendered proud , insolent , idle , disinclined to labour , rebellious and disobe- dient to ...
... converted to Chris- tianity in some of the British islands , especially that of Antigua ; and what is the case with them ? Are they by conversion rendered proud , insolent , idle , disinclined to labour , rebellious and disobe- dient to ...
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Africa Antigua Appendix Assistant attend benevolent BISHOP OF LONDON blessings British and Foreign British Islands British West-India Islands charity Christian religion CIPLES conduct cultivation diligence dities divine religion duty edition effects employed established exalted character exerting favour fit for labour Foreign Bible Society French revolution Gentlemen globe Gospel Governors hitherto holy honour hope human Iceland India Indies indispensably necessary indulge institution instructing the Negro kingdom lands legislature letter Lord Lordship Madras system masters means ment mind missionaries morality and religion Nation Negro Children Negro Slaves object Orissa Pagan parish parochial schools particularly principles of morality PRIVY COUNCIL promote proposed Pupils purpose race religious instruction render restraint scholars Schoolmaster Scriptures shewn society's expence souls sterling per ann Sub-usher sufficient Sunday school Superintendant system of education Teacher teaching temporal Testament thou tion translation trivial expence tuition Van Dieman's Land West Indies Western world Whitechapel whole
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Стр. 17 - Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do ; but the Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, . thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Стр. 24 - Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things ; not answering again ; not purloining, but showing all good fidelity ; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
Стр. 24 - Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Стр. 43 - It not only possesses excellent mechanical advantages, in communicating instruction generally ; but it is particularly adapted to instil into, and fix . practically in the mind, the principles of our holy religion; whilst it materially secures the moral conduct of the children both in and out of school ; and,
Стр. 40 - From his place (chair or desk) he overlooks the whole school, and gives life and motion to every member of it. He inspects the classes, one by one, and is occupied wherever there is most occasion for his services, and where they will best tell. He is to encourage the diffident, the timid, and the backward; to check and repress the forward and presumptuous: to bestow just and ample commendation upon the diligent, attentive, and orderly, however dull their capacity, or slow their progress; to stimulate...
Стр. 25 - ... and that they were circumspect as to all the excesses of eating and drinking, apparel, and lawful diversions ; being frugal in house-keeping, industrious in their particular callings, honest and exact in their dealings, and solicitous to give...
Стр. 45 - Friskin, of twelve years and eight months, with his assistants of seven, eight, nine, and eleven years of age, has taught boys of four, five, and six years, to read the Spectator distinctly, and spell every word accurately as they go along, who were only initiated into the mysteries of their A, B, C, eight months before, and have read the Child's...
Стр. 21 - They saw the frightful dangers that surrounded them ; prepared to meet them with vigour, and actually repelled them with success. And what was the occasion of this happy change? It was, because the higher orders of the community could write, and the inferior orders could read. It was, because, for more than twenty years before, upwards of three hundred thousand children of the poor had been religiously educated in the various charity schools and Sunday schools of this kingdom...
Стр. 13 - If these funds should not prove sufficient, a very small parochial rate might be raised on the Proprietors of lands in every island, to which (as they are to reap all the benefits of the institution, in the 'increase of their native Negroes, and will consequently save all the enormous sums formerly expended in the importation of fresh Slaves from Africa) they cannot, I think, reasonably object These are the sources which will, I doubt not, furnish an abundant supply for the support of the establishment...
Стр. 39 - WATTS. 1st. The Asylum, like every well-regulated school, is arranged into Forms or Classes, each composed of as many scholars as having made similar progress unite together. The scholar ever finds his own level, not only in his class, but in the ranks of the school, being promoted or degraded from place to place, or class to class, according to his proficiency.