The Oasis Author:Lydia Maria Francis Child General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1834 Original Publisher: Benjamin C. Bacon Subjects: Slavery History / United States / General History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Social Science / Women's Studies Social Science / Slavery Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the origina... more »l. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Captain Stedman appears to have been extremely kind- hearted, and strongly prepossessed in favor of the African character. He was often made ill and wretched by the cruelties he witnessed ; -- (cruelties, which the imagination of the most " fanatical " Abolitionist could never have conceived ;) he saved a negro slave from a dreadful whipping by restoring a dozen of china, which she had accidentally broken; -- while fighting to support the tyranny of slave owners, he mourned over the horrors of slavery, and left a share of his own provisions, by stealth, in the woods, where be had seen a poor rebel, half starved negro concealed; -- he was even unhappy for days, because he could not forget the reproachful look of a dying monkey, which he had shot in order to release the poor animal from lin- gering torments. Yet he conjured the English Abolitionists not to oppose the continuance of the Slave Trade ; lest Holland should make more money than England ! Alas, for the inconsistency and selfishness of man '. " I thank my God for my humility." HlCHAED fir. A Lady who is very fiiendly to Anti-Slavery principles, was lately conversing with nne of her acquaintance concerning the cruel prejudice that exists towards colored people. " I am sure / have none of this prejudice," rejoined her companion ; " for I can truly say that I never meet a negro in the street without thanking my God that I was not born a blac...« less