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" His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of... "
Miscellaneous essays. Political tracts. A journey to the Western islands of ... - Page 204
by Samuel Johnson - 1810
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HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY - 1858 - 448 pages
...slaves." Virginia and the Carolinas had shown impatience of oppression. "How is it," asked Johnson, "that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? The slaves should be set free ; they may be more grateful and honest than their masters." Lord North...
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Notes and Queries

1872 - 592 pages
...Tyranny, 1775, only repeat in print an old sarcasm when he wrote, " If slavery be thus fatally contagious, how is it that •we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among tho drivers of negroes ? " This is quoted by Boswell in the same paragraph with the question, "Where...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pages
...whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" and in his conversation with Mr. Wilkes,b he asked, " Where did Beckford and Trecothick learn English...
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All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal, Volume 13; Volume 33

1875 - 644 pages
...Tyranny," he had demanded, his prejudices against our West Indian and American settlers being extreme, "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? " It is plain, however, that he regarded Francis Barber as his property, if not exactly as his slave,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with The journal of a tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pages
...whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" and in his conversation with Mr. Wilkes he asked, " Where did Beckford and Trecothick learn English...
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History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent ...

George Bancroft - 1884 - 484 pages
...slaves." Virginia and the Carolinas had shown impatience of oppression. " How is it," asked Johnson, "that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? The slaves should be set free ; they maybe more grateful and honest than their masters." Lord North...
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History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the ..., Volume 4

George Bancroft - 1884 - 484 pages
...slaves." Virginia and the Carolinas had shown impatience of oppression. " How is it," asked Johnson, "that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? The slaves should be set free ; they maybe more grateful and honest than their masters." Lord North...
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History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the ..., Volume 4

George Bancroft - 1886 - 486 pages
...slaves." Virginia and the Carolinas had shown impatience of oppression. " How is it," asked Johnson, " that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes ? The slaves should be set free; they may be more grateful and honest than their masters." Lord North...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pages
...312. the Aetat. 68.] The drivers of negroes. 201 the conclusion of his Taxation no Tyranny, he says, 'how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes'?' and in his conversation with Mr. Wilkes, he asked, 'Where did Beckford and Trecothick learn English"?'...
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Magazine of Western History, Volume 7

1887 - 810 pages
...continuation by Armstrong, p. 405. Dr. Johnson's rather insolent question was not altogether unwarranted : " How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of Negroes ? " deemed and considered as servants for life, or slaves ; and that all servitude for life, or slavery...
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