 | 1847 - 390 pàgines
...THE following inscription is copied from a stone in the burial ground of Concord, Massachusetts. " God wills us free ; man wills us slaves. I will as...native of Africa, who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years. Though born in the land of slavery, he was born free ; though he lived in a land of liberty,... | |
 | 1833 - 214 pàgines
...Daniel Bliss, Esq. an ante-revolutionary lawyer. It may be found in Alden's Collection of Epitaphs. God wills us free ; Man wills us slaves. I will, as...native of Africa, Who died March 1773, Aged about LX years. Though born in a land of slavery, H« was born free : Though he lived in a land of liberty,... | |
 | 1833 - 202 pàgines
...Daniel Bliss, Esq. an ante-revolutionary lawyer. It may be found in Alden's Collection of Epitaphs. God wills us free ; Man wills us slaves. I will, as...native of Africa, Who died March 1773, Aged about I , \ years. Though born in a laud of slavery, He was bora free : Though he lived in a land of liberty,... | |
 | Lemuel Shattuck - 1835 - 438 pàgines
...following, generally attributed to the pen of Daniel Bliss, Esq., has often been published and admired. " God wills us free ; — man wills us slaves. I will...native of Africa, who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years. Though born in a land of slavery, He was born free. Though he lived in a land of liberty,... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1839 - 674 pàgines
...following, generally attributed to the pen of Daniel Bliss, Esq., has often been published and admired. God wills us free ; — man wills us slaves. I will...native of Africa, who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years. Though born in a land of slavery. He was born free. Though he lived in a land of liberty.... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1839 - 666 pàgines
...following, generally attributed to the pen of Daniel Bliss, Esq., has often been published and admired. God wills us free ; — man wills us slaves. I will...JOHN JACK, A native of Africa, who died March, 1773, asred about siity years. Though bom in a land of slavery, He was born free. Though he lived in a land... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1841 - 678 pàgines
...be done. Here lies the body of JOHN JACK, A native of Africa, who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years. Though born in a land of slavery, He was born free. Thongh he .ived in a land of liberty, He lived a slave ; Till by his honest, though stolen labours,... | |
 | 1844 - 671 pàgines
...Mass., there is the following remarkable antithetical inscription over one of the sable sons of Africa : "God wills us free ; man wills us slaves. I will as...Jack, a native of Africa, who died March, 1773, aged 60 years. Though born in a land of slavery, he was born free ; though he lived in a land of liberty,... | |
 | John Hayward - 1846 - 472 pàgines
...monument in a grave-yard in this town. It has often been printed ; it is time it was stereotyped : — " God wills us free ; — man wills us slaves. I will...native of Africa, who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years. Though born in a land of slavery, He was born free. Though he lived in a land of liberty,... | |
 | John Hayward - 1847 - 480 pàgines
...monument in a grave-yard in this town. It hasoften been printed ; it is time it was stereotyped : — " God wills us free ; — man wills us slaves. I will...native of Africa, who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years. Though born in a land of slavery, He was born free. Though he lived in a land of liberty,... | |
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God wills us free ; — man wills us slaves. I will as God wills ; God's will be done. Here lies the body of JOHN JACK A native of Africa who died March, 1773, aged about sixty years. 
