John Thompson eBooks

A Kentucky Chronicle. E-book. Formato PDF John Thompson Gray   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

To exhibit by sketches from social annals, as by a cross-section, a phase of the early civilization of Kentucky, common in its leading features to most of the slave States, but in some respects peculiar to the locality to which it relates, is the purpose of this book. The incidents recounted are all true, derived from authentic sources or of which the writer may say "Quorum perexigua pars fui" The characters are real people that lived, moved, and had their being. For obvious reasons names have been sometimes changed, but in all else it is a veritable chronicle.It would be presumptuous to claim for this work the title of history. Dealing with a people of that happy class whose annals are dull, it possesses none of the dignity and concern so often "purchased to history at the expense of mankind." Yet when faithfully done such writings are not without value. Mr. Burke, speaking of books that depict the manners of a people, says, "We possess at this time very great advantages toward the knowledge of human nature. We need no longer go to history to trace it in all its ages and periods."

An Address Delivered Before the Cliosophic and American Whig Societies of the College of New Jersey, June 23, 1863. E-book. Formato PDF John Thompson Nixon   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Trustees, the reverend Faculty of the College, and you, my young friends, that whilst the desolations of a wicked Rebellion overspread the land, overwhelming so many literary institutions, or crippling their growth and usefulness, Nassau Hall yet stands in the large proportions of her ancient strength, still yielding and adding her annual tribute to the intellectual wealth, patriotic sentiment, and moral glory of the Republic. I am 'not here to-day, young gentlemen, to indulge in that cynical spirit, which advancing age sometimes engenders; to overcast the sunshine of your youth with the shadows of life's trials, life's disappointments, and life's illusions; nor to crush your gushing aspirations by portraying the emptiness Of human ambition and glory. I have rather come to welcome you to life's arena; to bid you God-speed in all your efforts to achieve something worthy of yourselves and your opportunities; to take you by the hand as you are walking out from this camp of instruction, to the severer duties of the field, and to give you such counsels, as a limited observation and experience may suggest, to help you discharge the duties, and meet the obligations, which your peculiar privileges here have imposed upon you.

The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave: Containing His History of 25 Years in Bondage, and His Providential Escape. E-book. Formato PDF John Thompson   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Mr. J. H. W. Had two children, John and Elizabeth. His wife died before I could remember, leaving the chil dren under the supervision of the Grandmother. Eliza beth was about thirteen, and John ten years of age. My parents had seven children, five sons and two daughters. My father and mother were field hands. My younger sister was house girl and ladies' maid, while the elder was given to one of the sons. The rest of us were too small to work, the eldest being only eleven years old.