FootNote
The new kid on the block, FootNote is known for digitizing historical
documents... many of which are genealogical gems. With naturalizations,
city directories, war records, newspapers, town records, etc... this new
kid is quickly being recognized as an alternative to Ancestry.
While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
On the wings of the wind he comes, he comes!
With the rolling billow's speed;
On his breast are the signs of peace and
love,
And his soul is nerved with strength from
above:
While his eyes flash fire,
He burns with desire
To achieve the noble deed.
To the shores of the free he goes, he goes!
And smiles as he passes on;
He hears the glad notes of Liberty's song,
And bids the brave sons of freedom be
strong.
While his heart bounds high
To his crown in the sky,
He triumphs o'er conquests won.
To the homes of the slave he flies, he
flies!
Where manacled mourners cry;
The bursting groan of the mind's o'erflow,
Transfixed on the dark and speaking brow:
With a murmuring sound,
Ascends from the ground,
To the God that reigns on high.
To his loved Father's throne he haste's, he
haste's!
And pours forth his soul in grief:
Uprising he finds his strength renewed,
And his heart with fervent love is imbued;
While the heaving sigh,
And the deep toned cry,
Appeal for instant relief.
To the hard oppressor he cries, he cries,
And points to the bleeding slave;
He tells of the rights of the human soul,
And his eyes with full indignation roll:
While his heart is moved,
And the truth is proved,
He seeks the captive to save.
Again to the foeman he speaks, he speaks,
But utters his cry in vain;
He breathes no curse, no vengeance seeks,
For the broken hearts or the anguished
shrieks,
For the mother's pains,
Or the father's gains,
Upon the oppressor's name.
To nations of freemen once more he comes,
To raise Liberty's banner high;
He tells of the wrongs of the bonded slave,
And cries aloud, mid throngs of the brave,
'O freemen, arise!
Be faithful and wise,
And answer the mourner's cry.
In melting strains of love he calls, he
calls,
To the great and good from afar;
Till sympathy wakes to the truthful tale,
And the prayer of the faith, which cannot
fail,
Ascends to heaven,
And grace is given,
To nerve for the bloodless war.
The truth with a magic power prevails:
All hearts are moved to the strife;
In a holy phalanx, and with deathless aim,
They seek a peaceful triumph to gain
O'er the tyrant's sway,
In his onward way,
To raise the fallen to life.
At the mighty voice of the glorious free
The chain of the oppressor breaks;
The slave from his bondage springs forth to
love,
And, standing erect, his eye fixed above,
He honors his race,
And in the world's face,
The language of liberty speaks.
The oppressor no longer owns a right,
Or property claims in the slave,
But the world, in the glory of freedom's
light,
Beams out from the darkness of wide spread
night;
Throughout its length,
In greatness and strength,
The honor of the free and brave.
Printed for Charles Gilpin, 5, Bishopgate
Street Without.
The Fugitive Blacksmith, or Events in the
History of James W.C. Pennington, Pastor of
a Presbyterian Church, New York. Foolscap
8vo., sewed, price 1s.
"This entrancing narrative, We trust that
thousands of our readers will procure the
volume, which is published by Mr. Gilpin at
a mere trifle much too cheap to accomplish
the purpose for which, in part or mainly, it
has been published, the raising a fund to
remove the pecuniary burdens which press on
the author's flock. Nothing Short Of The
Sale Of Fifty Thousand Or Sixty Thousand
Copies could be at all availing for this
object. We very cordially recommend him and
his narrative to the kind consideration of
our readers. Let them load him with English
hospitality, fill his purse, and send him
back as fast as possible to the land of his
early bondage, of his matured freedom, and
to the people to whose character and
capabilities he does so much honor."
Christian Witness, October, 1849.
"The principal portion of the 'Tract,' as
Mr. Pennington modestly styles his book,
consists of an autobiography of his early
life as a slave, and of his escape from
bondage, and final settlement in New York as
a Presbyterian Minister. His adventures and
hair breadth escapes invest the narrative
with startling interest, and excite the
deepest sympathies of the reader."
Nonconformist, September, 26th, 1849.
"Believing that by the purchase of this
little book our readers will confer a
benefit on the writer, at the same time that
they become possessed of a narrative of deep
interest, we give it our most cordial
recommendation." Teetotal Times, October,
1849.
The Fugitive
Blacksmith; or Events in the History of
James W. C. Pennington, 1849
