Beman Quotes

Op de zeeën drijven stuurloos schepen waarvan de volledige bemanning het leven heeft gelaten en de roeiers vol schimmels en sappig in hun riemen hangen, de losse vellen vaandelend in de wind.

Douglass thought this request was too likely to lead to an insurrection. By one vote, Garnet’s resolution was voted down, and then twice more when the president of the convention, Amos Beman, lodged his strong dissent, citing “moral” reasons, just as Douglass had, for his opposition. But for McCabe, it was an invitation to find liberation and abundance for Black people in an innovative way—one not bestowed by his white peers, but one designed for and by Black people, even if it meant using the tools his white predecessors had used to colonize the country.