 [t]he shameful and unjust proceedings with reference to the freedom of our slaves: and yet it is not so much their freedom that drove us to such lengths, as their being placed on an equal footing with Christians, contrary to the laws of God and the natural...  Women Writing Africa: The Southern Region - Sivu 53muokkaaja - 2003 - 554 sivuaRajoitettu esikatselu - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1900 - 872 sivua
...much their freedom that drove us to such lengths, as their being placed on an equal footing with the Christians, contrary to the laws of God and the natural distinction of race and religion, BO that It was intolerable for any decent Christian to bow down beneath such a yoke; wherefore we rather... | |
 | George Russell - 1899 - 554 sivua
...her grandchildren, says:— " Yet it is not so much their freedom that drove us to such lengths, iis their being placed on an equal footing with Christians...and the natural distinction of race and religion. the Cape Colonv, unopposed bv the Government, in different parties during the years 1836 and 1837.... | |
 | Ernest Bruce Iwan-Müller - 1902 - 798 sivua
...Government, we nevertheless received no compensation for the property of which we were despoiled. 2. The shameful and unjust proceedings with reference...Christians, contrary to the laws of God and the natural distinctions of race and religion, so that it was intolerable for any decent Christian to bow down... | |
 | Ernest Bruce Iwan-Müller - 1902 - 800 sivua
...despoiled. 2. The shameful and unjust proceedings with reference 10 the freedom of our slaves ; and yft it is not so much their freedom that drove us to such...laws of God and the natural distinction of race and origin, so that it was intolerable for a decent Christian to bow down under such a yoke ; wherefore... | |
 | Albie Sachs - 1973 - 292 sivua
...was the shameful and unjust proceedings with reference to the freedom of our slaves. ... It is not their freedom that drove us to such lengths, as their...Christians, contrary to the laws of God and the natural distinctions of race and religion, so that it was intolerable for any decent Christian to bow down... | |
 | George M. Fredrickson - 1981 - 386 sivua
...retrospective accounts of the Trek, one of the participants attributed the migration of the Afrikaners partly to "the shameful and unjust proceedings with reference...Christians, contrary to the laws of God and the natural distinctions of race and religion."62 Hence the doctrines and policies of John Philip constituted a... | |
 | Winnie Mandela, Mary Benson - 1985 - 180 sivua
...leader of the trek, Piet Retief, expressed their views: 'And yet it is not so much their freedom which drove us to such lengths, as their being placed on...laws of God and the natural distinction of race and colour. So that it was intolerable for any decent Christian to bow down beneath such a yoke, wherefore... | |
 | Jonathan Neil Gerstner - 1991 - 306 sivua
...during the colonial period largely through the doctrine of the covenant. CONCLUSION Our slaves . . . being placed on an equal footing with Christians,...God and the natural distinction of race and religion ... it was intolerable for any Christian to bear down beneath such a yoke; wherefore we rather withdrew... | |
 | John Iliffe - 1995 - 340 sivua
...to enforce equality before the law, convinced Afrikaner frontiersmen that black people were Toeing placed on an equal footing with Christians, contrary...laws of God and the natural distinction of race and religion'.14 Between 1834 and 1840 several thousand white people left for the north, mostly poor Trekboers... | |
 | Anthony W. Marx - 1998 - 420 sivua
...Afrikaner put it, the shameful and unjust proceedings with reference to the freedom of our slaves ... as their being placed on an equal footing with Christians, contrary to the laws of God, and the natural distinctions of race and colour, so that it was intolerable for any decent Christian to bow down beneath... | |
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