gilgrass

Updated: July 14, 2026

I browbeat my own manhood, and gave him the humblest advice I could." The following account is given by Mr. Gilgrass, one of the Methodist missionaries at Jamaica: "A master of slaves, who lived near us in Kingston, exercised his barbarities on a Sabbath morning while we were worshiping God in the Chapel; and the cries of the female sufferers have frequently interrupted us in our devotions.

Lydia Maria Francis Child - An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans