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Identifier: magazineofamericv18stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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evilsI fear ; So the gray Southvvicks from a rainy seaSaw, far and faint, the loom of landand gaveWith feeble voices thanks for friendly groundWhereon to rest their weary feet andfoundA peaceful death-bed and a quiet grave,Where ocean-walled and wiser than hisage,The Lord of Shelter scorned thebigots rage. It seems on glancing back-ward into these dark ages as ifthe more extreme the acts ofcruelty, the faster the Quakersmultiplied. The son and daugh-ter of the Southwicks were finedten pounds each, and as an ex-pedient for raising the moneythe General Court at Bostonabsolutely passed a resolution tosell them into slavery, and offeredthem to one sea captain afteranother for the markets of Vir-ginia and Barbadoes. No buyercould be found ; the inhumanitywas too glaring. Other instan-ces followed where Quakers werefined, and having no visible prop-erty, were sentenced to be soldas slaves. Yet no ship masterswould ever become parties tosuch transactions, and the at-tempts failed. Two Gospel
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THE ANCIENT BOX IN THE GARDEN. 370 THE MANOR OF SHELTER ISLAND messengers from England, William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevensontone coming by way of Virginia, the other via Barbadoes) met at ShelterIsland, and went to Boston in 1659 to remonstrate against the unholycruelties. They were promptly seized, imprisoned, and sentenced tobanishment on pain of death. Regardless of the edict, these Quakers con-tinued four weeks preaching in Salem, within the limits of the colony,making many converts, and then marched back triumphantly to Bostonand gave up their lives, a willing sacrifice, to show the world the impo-tence of persecution to stay the work of the Lord. They were hangedon Boston Common, and Mary Dyer was to have been executed for herreligious opinions at the same time ; but a reprieve came after her ascentof the ladder, and she was banished instead. She went to Shelter Island,where she remained several months; but, in March, 1660, she suddenlymade up her mind to go to Boston, and c

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