| William Knibb - Black people - 1832 - 32 pages
...shall get it quietly, but if they did what was wrong it would bring a disgrace upon Religion. Sharp said, I know we are free, I have read it in the English...taken an oath not to work after Christmas, without some satisfaction, and I will not. He then left us. Gardner stated, that he then went in the street... | |
| Zachary Macaulay - Antislavery movements - 1833 - 978 pages
...their freedom ; but that the whole had been made up at Retrieve. The persons examined all referred to the expectation that was entertained of the island...Guthrie and some others, at Guthrie's house. Guthrie oflered them wine or spirits : they chose wine. Guthrie poured it out, and, taking his glass, said,... | |
| Francis Augustus Cox - Baptists - 1842 - 546 pages
...to which he replied, " What then is to become of the oath we have taken in the country?" He added, "I know we are free; I have read it in the English...taken an oath not to work after Christmas, without some satisfaction, and I will not." This statement was confirmed by John Sharp, the individual who... | |
| Dianne M. Stewart - Religion - 2005 - 368 pages
...replied, "What then is to become of the oath we have taken in the country?" He added, "I know we ate free; I have read it in the English papers. I have...taken an oath not to work after Christmas, without some satisfaction, and I will not." This statement was confirmed by [Sam] Sharp, the individual who... | |
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