A761.07    Beagle Library:     Cuvier, Georges. 1827-35. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization. With additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith and others. 16 vols. London: Geo. B. Whittaker. vol. 7: Aves (2).   Text

which causee them to be objects of research; but it is far inferior to that of the becafico. These birds, which do not avoid man, but rather seem to take a pleasure in his society, cannot, nevertheless, support a state of slavery. They die as soon as they are shut up, but in a large enclosure, they will soon familiarize themselves, and afford some amusement by their activity and dexterity, in seizing flies and other insects. They will not live in a state of captivity, even when taken from the

A549.2    Beagle Library:     Ellis, William. 1829. Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years on the South Sea Islands, including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands-with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants. 2 vols. London: Fisher, Son & Jackson. vol. 2.   Text   Image

sold those whom they had conquered, though a chief might give a captive for a servant to a friend. This is the only kind of slavery that has ever obtained among them, and corresponds with that which has prevailed in most of the nations of the earth in their rude state, or during the earlier periods of their history. This state of slavery among them was in general mild, compared with the affecting cruelty by which it has been distinguished in modern times, among those who support the inhuman

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anticipations of ultimate success are strengthened by the effects that already reward his exertions. The results of efforts combined for the accomplishment of these object, though various, have been such as materially to affect some of the most interesting portions of the human race. Their Influence is at the present moment felt among the aborigines of Africa, the victims of colonial slavery, the millions of civilized China and India, the population of the inhospitable regions of Siberia and

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army, returning from an expedition of murder and devastation, bring home the men, women, and children of the vanquished, as trophies of their victory. These unhappy beings are reduced to perpetual slavery, or sacrificed to satiate the vengeance of their enemies. On these occasions, little children, whose feeble hands could scarcely hold the knife or dagger, have been initiated in the dreadful work of death, and have seemed to feel delight in stabbing captive children, thus imbruing their infant

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captain of a vessel, the Indus. whom purposes of commerce led to Tahiti, informed the king that Mr. Gyles's errand to Tahiti was merely experimental; and that, should the attempt to manufacture sugar succeed, individuals from distant countries, possessing influence and large resources, would establish themselves in the islands, and, with an armed force, which he would in vain attempt to oppose, would either destroy the inhabitants, or reduce them to slavery. These alarming statements were

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make an effort to live together in peace and quietness, if not in kindness and in love. The degradation of the female sex is an invariable accompaniment of paganism; and in addition to the humiliation and slavery to which those in the South Sea [page] 44

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members Appointment of deacons Great attention to religion Page 302 to 339. CHAP. XII. Government of the South Sea Islands monarchical and arbitrary Intimately connected with idolatry Different ranks in society Slavery The proprietors of land The regal family Sovereignty hereditary Abdication of the father in favour of the son Distinctions of royalty Modes of travelling Sacredness of the king's person Homage of the people Singular ceremonies attending the inauguration of the king Language of the

A805    Beagle Library:     Mackintosh, James. 1830. The history of England. London: Lardner (Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia). vol. 1.   Text

, there is no improbability in the small number of those reduced to the lowest slavery. The distribution of the Anglo-Saxons into these several classes affords a considerable insight into the spirit of their institutions. The punishments were commonly pecuniary; and in the case of murder, the amount, which was partly levied by the state as a penalty, and partly granted to the family of the parties as a satisfaction for their loss, was proportioned to the rank of the murdered man. The Were paid

A805    Beagle Library:     Mackintosh, James. 1830. The history of England. London: Lardner (Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia). vol. 1.   Text

a tyrant, and a great portion of the people were reduced to personal slavery. Had the feudal system never existed before, the circumstances of William's conquest would have been sufficient to produce it. It was however, more easy to transfer it from France to a country where its foundations were already laid by the Saxons. We have endeavored to sketch a brief and imperfect outline of very singular institutions, which probably produced more misery in their first vigor, stirred up more energy in

A805    Beagle Library:     Mackintosh, James. 1830. The history of England. London: Lardner (Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia). vol. 1.   Text

English monarch, in his march, which extended to Elgin in Murray, saw nothing but submission and slavery; nor can ho be charged with an abuse of victory. In the year 1297, Scotland, of which the condition seemed utterly forlorn, was saved by the genius and heroism of Sir William Wallace, of Ellerslie in Renfrewshire. This gallant person, whose exploits will always be fresh in the heart of every man who loves the independence of his own country, began, like most patriotic heroes, to harass the

A805    Beagle Library:     Mackintosh, James. 1830. The history of England. London: Lardner (Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia). vol. 1.   Text

crime of enslaving freemen. In the preamble of the laws of Alfred, we find a large extract from Moses, which, immediately after the Ten Commandments, prohibits the retention of a -Hebrew in slavery for more than six years. For Hebrew Alfred substitutes Christian, a change of which it is not easy to conceive the reason, unless he intended by it to apply that Mosaic prohibition and practice to his own subjects. If from its place in the preamble it loses its character as a law (a mode of

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1832 March 12th who has the glory of having exerted himself on the subject of slavery, may rely on it his labours are exerted against miseries perhaps even greater than he imagines. 13th Unable as yet to leave the ship. 14th Hired a boat went some miles up the harbour. I found some interesting geological appearances spent some pleasant hours in wandering on the beach. 15th The Beagle weighed anchor this morning proceeded to sound the bank, which runs out at the head of the bay. As it was

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[illeg] reminded me of the drawings of the Hottentot habitations of the Hottentots in Southern Africa. Thus perhaps do these poor people in the midst of their slavery call to their minds the home of their fathers. As the moon would rise early, we determined to start that evening for our sleeping place at the Lagoa Marica. [page] 137 Rio de Janeir

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horrible flagrant instances be imagined? yet I will pledge myself that in humanity good feeling Mr Lennon is above the common run of men. How strange inexplicable is the effect of habit interest!. Against such facts how weak are the arguments of those who maintain that slavery is a tolerable evil! 16th Started early in the morning to Signor Manuel at Socêgo, whom it was agreed upon should be arbitrator: Again I enjoyed the never failing delight of riding through the forests. 17th 18th These two

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, a case parallel to that we described of Chiloe. — Hence, although the whole land is not cultivated, at the present time numbers emigrate to Brazil, where the contract to which they are bound, differs but little from slavery. It seems a great pity that so fine a population should be compelled [to] leave a land of plenty, where every article of food, meat, vegetables fruit, — is exceedingly cheap are most abundant, [page] 764 Terceir

A827    Beagle Library:     Seoane, Mateo. 1831. Neuman and Baretti's dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages. 5th ed. 2 vols. London: n.p. Volume 1: Spanish and English.   Text

, LLA; TO, TA, s. A little slave. ESCLAV NA, sf. 1. A long robe worn by pilgrims. 2. Pilgrim's pall, to which shells are fixed. 3. Collar worn by priests in Spain. 4. Kind of cloth worn over women's shoulders in winter. ESCLAVIT D, sf. 1. Slavery, bondage, servitude. 2. (Met.) Brotherhood, congregation. 3. (Met.) Servile subjection of passions and sentiments. 4. Ornament of jewels, worn by women on the breast. ESCLAVIZ R, va. 1. To make one a slave, to reduce to slavery. 2. (Met.) To enclose. ESCL

A827    Beagle Library:     Seoane, Mateo. 1831. Neuman and Baretti's dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages. 5th ed. 2 vols. London: n.p. Volume 1: Spanish and English.   Text

. Enfranchised, set at liberty from slavery. 2. Free, disengaged. Ovejas horras, Barren ewes. HORR R, sm. 1. Horror, consternation, fright. 2. The cause of fright or astonishment. HORROR ZAR, va. To cause horror, to terrify. vr. To be terrified. HORROROSAM NTE, ad. Horribly. HORROR SO, SA, a. Very ugly; horrid. HORR RA, sf. 1. Scoria, dross, recrement. 2. Dreariness of a thicket or close wood. 3. Filth, dirt, obscenity. 4. (Ant.) Terror, horror. HORT L, sm. Kitchen garden, a garden in which esculent

A827    Beagle Library:     Seoane, Mateo. 1831. Neuman and Baretti's dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages. 5th ed. 2 vols. London: n.p. Volume 1: Spanish and English.   Text

heads and in due order. Manuales, Presents to choristers given in the choir. MANUALM NTE, ad. Manually, with the hand. MAN BRIO, sm. Hand of an instrument or tool. MANUCODI TA, sf. Bird of paradise MANU LLA, sf. Handspike. MANUFACT RA, sf. V. Manifactura. MANUMISI N, sf. Manumission the act of setting a slave at liberty. MANUMIS R, sm. (For.) Liberator. MANUMIT R, va. (For.) To emancipate, to release from slavery. MANUS CR STI, sm. A sort of electuary, a kind of plaster. MANUSCR TO, sm

A827    Beagle Library:     Seoane, Mateo. 1831. Neuman and Baretti's dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages. 5th ed. 2 vols. London: n.p. Volume 1: Spanish and English.   Text

breast to the thighs, containing the bowels. 2. F tus enclosed in the womb; pregnancy, the state of being with child. 3. That part of any thing which swells out into a larger capacity; the belly or widest part of vessels. 4. The body, or more essential part of any instrument or act. 5. The mother, excluding the father. 6. Intestines of animals. 7. Stomach, when speaking of a great eater. El parto sigue el vientre, The offspring follows the womb, respecting slavery or freedom. Reses de vientre

A769    Beagle Library:     Earle, Augustus. 1832. A narrative of a nine months' residence in New Zealand in 1827, together with a journal of a residence in Tristan d'Acunha. London: Longman, Rees, orme, Brown, Green, and Longman.   Text

ence of the whole of the missionary society here could have saved her life. They exerted themselves greatly, and preserved her; and she had proved a faithful and valuable servant. Before finally quitting the subject of slavery, I must give an account of some white men I saw in this state of degradation, and who belonged to a chief who visited us some weeks since. In the beginning of 1827, the government of New South Wales hired the brig Wellington to convey a number of prisoners to Norfolk

A806.02    Beagle Library:     Martineau, Harriet. 1832. Illustrations of political economy. 3 vols. London. vol. 2   Text

the slave population increases. Legislative protection, therefore, not only taxes the people at home, but promotes ruin, misery, and death, in the protected colonies. A free trade in sugar would banish slavery altogether, since competition must induce an economy of labour and capital; i.e., a substitution of free for slave labour. Let us see, then, what is the responsibility of the legislature in this matter. The slave system inflicts an incalculable amount of human suffering, for the sake of

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infringer of the law being opposed to one another in one sense, while in another they constitute the same party. An injured slave appeals to the law; the law decrees him redress; and the unwilling master, while he cannot set aside the decree, complains —and the complaint, though unjust, is true in fact—that the law intermeddles in the disposal of his private property. This fact brings in another consideration, another instance of the reversal, in the ease of slavery, of all common rules,—that slaves are

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which would be natural to them, if they spoke what can be called English at all. If I had believed, as many do, that strong feeling impairs the soundness of reasoning, I should assuredly have avoided the subject of the [vii] following tale, since Slavery is a topic which cannot be approached without emotion. But, convinced as I am, on the contrary, that the reason and the sensibilities are made for co-operation, and perceiving, as I do, that the most stirring eloquence issues from the calmest logic

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hand on a plough again, he should feel as much at ease as a prince; for bread itself was hardly worth the slavery of tillage without tools. Another had seen his mother sigh when she looked at the tattered garments of her children and remembered that she had not wherewith to repair the old or make new. Another had observed the captain cast many an anxious look [111] upon the frail walls and slight roofs of their dwellings, and had learned, therefore, to dread a summer tempest or a winter snow

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not whether the improvement of the temporal condition of the race shall go on, or whether it shall relapse into barbarism? whether the supports of life, the comforts of home, and the pleasures of society, shall become more scanty or more abundant? whether there shall be increased facilities for the attainment of intellectual good, or whether the old times of slavery and hardship shall return? Is any one indifferent whether famine stalks through the land, laying low the [xvi] helpless and