The Boy Slaves - Mayne Reid - Książki - Independently Published - 9798580443294 - 16 grudnia 2020
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The Boy Slaves

Mayne Reid

The Boy Slaves

Land of Ethiope! whose burning centre seems unapproachable as the frozen Pole! Land of the unicorn and the lion, -of the crouching panther and the stately elephant, -of the camel, the camelopard, and the camel-bird! land of the antelopes, -of the wild gemsbok, and the gentle gazelle, -land of the gigantic crocodile and huge river-horse, - land teeming with animal life, and last in the list of my apostrophic appellations, -last, and that which must grieve the heart to pronounce it, -land of the slave! Ah! little do men think while thus hailing thee, how near may be the dread doom to their own hearths and homes! Little dream they, while expressing their sympathy, -alas! too often, as of late shown in England, a hypocritical utterance, -little do they suspect, while glibly commiserating the lot of thy sable-skinned children, that hundreds-aye, thousands-of their own color and kindred are held within thy confines, subject to a lot even lowlier than these, -a fate far mor

Media Książki     Paperback Book   (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem)
Wydane 16 grudnia 2020
ISBN13 9798580443294
Wydawcy Independently Published
Strony 264
Wymiary 127 × 203 × 15 mm   ·   290 g
Język English  

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