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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 12 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 12 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 8 0 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
he perverse community from which he separates leaves him alone to vindicate their Chap. XIX.} principles in unaltered purity. So it was with George 1691, 1692. Keith. Amidst the applause of the malignant opponents of Quakers, the apostate, conciliating other Protestants by a more formal regard for the Bible, which the Quakers rsubverted; and, if Quakers could not be magistrates in a Quaker community, King William must send Churchmen to govern them. Conforming his conduct to his opinion, Keith resisted the magistracy of Pennsylvania with defiance and contumely. The grand jury found him guilty of a breach of the laws; an indictment, trial, and convictionon left without a faction, and, tired of his posi- Chap XIX.} tion, made a true exposition of the strife by accepting an Episcopal benefice. The disturbance by Keith, creating questions as to the administration of justice, confirmed the disposition 1692 Oct. 21. of the English government to subject Pennsylvania to 1693 April
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
ts, where the first planters assumed to themselves a right to treat the Indians on the foot of Canaanites or Amalekites, always opposed the in- Berkeley, III. 247 troduction of slaves from abroad; and, in 1701, the town of Boston instructed its representatives to put a period to negroes' being slaves. In 1712, to a general petition for the emancipation of negro slaves by law, the legislature of Pennsylvania answered that it was neither just nor convenient to set them at liberty; and yet George Keith, the early abolitionist, was followed by the eccentric Benjamin Lay,—by Ralph Sandiford, who held slavery to be inconsistent alike with the rights of man and the principles of Christianity,—and, at a later day, by the amiable enthusiast Anthony Benezet. But did not Christianity enfranchise its converts? The Christian world of that day almost universally revered in Christ the impersonation of the divine wisdom. Could an intelligent being, who, through the Mediator, had participated i
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., K. (search)
K. Kaskaskia, III. 195. Keith, George, III. 36. An abortionist, III. 408. Kidd, William, III. 60. Kieft, II. 287.
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,350,355, 387. Pemaquid destroyed, III. 181. Penn, William, II. 363. His charter, 364. Opposes monopoly, 366. Sails for the Delaware, 369. Previous life of, 370. Contrasted with Locke, 379 Penn on the Delaware, 382. Treaty with the Indians, 383. Disputes with Baltimore, 387. Bids farewell to the colony, 395. Advocates English freedom, 397. His fame, 400. Thrice arrested, III. 39. Founds a democracy, 44. Pennsylvania. (See Penn.) Witchcraft in, II. 393. Slavery, 403. George Keith's schism, III. 36. Under Fletcher, 37. New constitution, 42. Delaware forever separated from it, 44. Few checks on popular power, 394 Its governor meets the Iroquois deputies, 455. Military organization, 456 Peorias, III. 197. Pepperell, William, III. 458. Pequods, war with the, I 397, 400. Peters, Hugh, arrives, I. 383. His death, II. 32. Philadelphia founded, II. 389, Philip, King, II. 98. Phipps, William, III. 83. Pilgrims, their flight, I. 301. At Leyden, 3