Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness just didn’t appear to apply to the practice of slavery. How could a group of people possibly feel so fixated on these unalienable rights, but still continue the brutal practice of human bondage? It is clearly apparent that both Toussaint L’Ouverture and Prince Hall felt the same way by taking in action to abolish slavery, and though William Wordsworth didn’t experience the same problems as these two heroes did, he had no problem expressing his sympathy towards their struggles.
Toussaint L'Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution. He was a leader whose political strategies and fighting abilities earned him well-expressed nicknames such as The Black Napoleon, The Black Spartacus, and The Black George Washington. Before Toussaint was rewarded those names of honor, he spent his early life as a slave in the French colony of Saint Domingue, which is now called Haiti. Though a slave, he was more privileged than …show more content…
In Prince Hall’s “A Charge Delivered to the Brethren of the African Lodge”, Hall adjusts the ethics of Masonry into a set of guidelines that both nurture cooperation among African-Americans and encourage their acceptance as equal citizens by whites. Christianity is also brought into play to serve Hall’s racial and social plan as well as pleasing to many of his readers, African-American and white. “The next thing is love and benevolence to all the whole family of mankind, as God's make and creation, therefore we ought to love them all, for love or hatred is of the whole kind, for if I love a man for the sake of the image of God which is on him, I must love all, for he made all, and upholds all, and we are dependent upon him for all we do enjoy and expect to enjoy in this world and that which is to come.” (Excerpt from
Toussaint L'Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution. He was a leader whose political strategies and fighting abilities earned him well-expressed nicknames such as The Black Napoleon, The Black Spartacus, and The Black George Washington. Before Toussaint was rewarded those names of honor, he spent his early life as a slave in the French colony of Saint Domingue, which is now called Haiti. Though a slave, he was more privileged than …show more content…
In Prince Hall’s “A Charge Delivered to the Brethren of the African Lodge”, Hall adjusts the ethics of Masonry into a set of guidelines that both nurture cooperation among African-Americans and encourage their acceptance as equal citizens by whites. Christianity is also brought into play to serve Hall’s racial and social plan as well as pleasing to many of his readers, African-American and white. “The next thing is love and benevolence to all the whole family of mankind, as God's make and creation, therefore we ought to love them all, for love or hatred is of the whole kind, for if I love a man for the sake of the image of God which is on him, I must love all, for he made all, and upholds all, and we are dependent upon him for all we do enjoy and expect to enjoy in this world and that which is to come.” (Excerpt from