| W. K. Ente - 1843 - 478 pages
...some of our enemies presume) on account of the emancipation of the slaves ; on the contrary, a Inmj and sad experience has sufficiently convinced us of the injury, loss, and dearness of slave labor ; so that neither slavery nor slave trade will ever be permitted amongst us ; and should Mr.... | |
| George McCall Theal - 1888 - 424 pages
...in the following sentence taken from a letter of the Volksraad at Natal to Sir George Napier : — " A long and sad experience has sufficiently convinced...the slave trade will ever be permitted among us." It is alleged, however, that the emancipation, as it was carried out, was an act of confiscation. It... | |
| Percy Fitzpatrick - 1899 - 468 pages
...represented in the following sentence, taken from a letter of the Volksraad at Natal to Sir George Napier : ' A long and sad experience has sufficiently convinced...the slave trade will ever be permitted among us.' [The allusions to the emancipation of slaves, and to slavery as an institution, will be considered... | |
| Sir Percy Fitzpatrick - 1899 - 498 pages
...represented in the following sentence, taken from a letter of the Volksraad at Natal to Sir George Napier : ' A long and sad experience has sufficiently convinced...the slave trade will ever be permitted among us.' [The allusions to the emancipation of slaves, and to slavery as an institution, will be considered... | |
| William Edward Garrett Fisher - 1900 - 418 pages
...supposed to be expressed in a letter of the Volksraad of the Natal emigrants, which declares : — " A long and sad experience has sufficiently convinced...motives may have contributed to this view, but it is only fair to add that certainly it was also based upon knowledge of what had been the effect of... | |
| Harold Josling - 1907 - 434 pages
...stated subsequently in a letter to Sir George Napier from their Volksraad (Parliament) in Natal : " A long and sad experience has sufficiently convinced...the slave trade will ever be permitted among us."* Indeed, one of the first acts of the emigrants, as early as 1837, had been to declare that slavery... | |
| George von Welfling Eybers - 1918 - 680 pages
...place (as some of our enemies presume) on account of the emancipation of the slaves ; on the contrary, a long and sad experience has sufficiently convinced us of the injury, loss, and dearness of slave labor ; so that neither slavery nor slave trade will ever be permitted amongst us ; and should Mr.... | |
| Giovanni Costigan - 1928 - 172 pages
...is nothing surprising then in the words addressed to Sir George "Napier by the Volksraad of Natal - "a long and sad experience has sufficiently convinced...dearness of slave labour so that neither slavery nor the slave-trade will ever be permitted among us." So too, Sir Harry Smith bore witness that, during his... | |
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