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J.C. Painter letter to Benjamin Lundy
No full textLetter from J.E. Painter to (presumably) Benjamin Lundy, answering a request for information about the history and operations of the Underground Railroad. Letter includes details of a story of an ex-slave transported on the Underground Railroad through Ohio and stories of the plight of other fugitive slaves crossing the Ohio River.
Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His "Genius of Universal Emancipation" was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
Mexican land grant contract to Benjamin Lundy, March 10, 1835 (English)
No full textLegal document from an unsigned officer to Benjamin Lundy, authorizing him rights as empresario to a tract of land in then-Mexico. The document extends a previous treaty made to Lundy by the government of Mexico from November 17, 1823 -- presumably, this land is to be the site of Lundy's freed slave colony. Original Spanish-language document is also a part of this collection. Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His Genius of Universal Emancipation was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
Eli Nichols letter to Benjamin Lundy, March 17th, 1839
No full textFriendly note from Eli Nichols to Benjamin Lundy covering topics in contemporary abolition, ranging from the social status of abolitionists to the oppression of the poor. Much of the letter concerns a review of contemporary social movements in equality-based education, including Shaker and Quaker communities. The letter concludes in discussion of Nichols' and Lundy's interest in forming a freed slave colony or community in then-Mexico, and describes the climate and culture of those regions in detail. Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His Genius of Universal Emancipation was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
Mexican land grant contract to Benjamin Lundy, March 10, 1835 (Spanish)
No full textLegal document in Spanish from the government of Tamaulipas, Mexico, to Benjamin Lundy, which appears to grant Lundy the rights of empresario for his proposed colony for freed slaves in Tamaulipas. This document appears to be truncated; it ends abruptly after 2 pages. Collection also includes a period translation of this contract with Lundy in English, which appears to contain the full text of the agreement. Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His Genius of Universal Emancipation was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
General Benjamin Butler Letter Regarding the naming of Newport News, Virginia
No full textDigital images of an original letter written by Former Union Major-General Benjamin Butler in reply to a query by author, Edwin Everett Hale on how Newport News, Virginia had received it's name. both sides of the original letter are included along with a typed transcription of the letter
Remittances for Adaptation: An ‘Alternative Source’ of International Climate Finance?
No full textClimate finance is a key issue at the UN climate negotiations, but explicit international funding possibilities for adaptation in developing countries remain limited. According to the recent Paris Agreement, climate finance will come from a ‘wide variety of sources, instruments and channels’. To the extent that these are understood, they do not seem to generate the USD 100 billion per annum that was repeatedly pledged by developed countries, and they flow to mitigation rather than adaptation. Remittances have potential to finance adaptation, because (1) the potential is huge and unexplored); (2) remittances directly reach to households, including in remote and vulnerable areas; (3) remittances are often employed for (climate-induced) disaster relief and sometimes also for investments in long-term adaptation strategies. Whilst not ignoring ethical arguments against poor migrants’ remittances as an alternative source of adaptation finance for developing countries under the UN climate negotiations, this chapter examines whether remittances could technically constitute such a source. It analyses empirical evidence from remittance literature against ten climate finance criteria from the UNFCCC Copenhagen Accord. Our analysis finds that remittances could match criteria such as ‘adequacy’ and ‘predictability’. However, ‘improved access’ can only be matched if developed and developing countries create the right incentives to reach out to potential diaspora investors. ‘Transparency’ is unlikely to be met. Whether remittances contribute to the USD 100 billion climate finance pledge is a controversial political decision, but in any case remittances can support adaptation at household and community level. Public climate finance could increase the potential of remittance for such purposes
Cinq années de voyage en Orient 1846-1851 par Israel-Joseph Benjamin II, voyageur et auteur, demeurant à Faltischan (Moldavie). Paris en vente chez Michel Levy Frères, rue Vivienne, 2 bis 1856 L' auteur se réserve le droit de traduction et de reproduction
No full textPreface: by Benjamin, J.Dedication: by the author to M.J. Altaras aîné de Marseille et M. Albert Cohn.Content description: Detailed contentsPagination: PP28+240PVolumes: 1Text Genre:Pros
The description and use of an orrery of a new construction : representing in the various parts of its machinery all the motions and phoenomena [i.e phenomena] of the planetary system ...
No full textby Benjamin Marti
The description and use of an universal sliding rule : which ... is adapted to answer all questions in arithmetic, mixt-mathematics, and philosophy, in the most easy and expeditious manner, as shewn in sixty examples of principal utility in the practical parts of science
No full textby Benjamin MartinErscheinungsdatum nach EST
Sonderwirtschaftszonen in Entwicklungsländern: Verringerung von Migrationsursachen?
No full textIn jüngster Zeit geäußerte Vorschläge, unter anderem von George Soros, sehen vor, die Flüchtlingskrise durch die Einrichtung von Sonderwirtschaftszonen in den Anrainerstaaten der Herkunftsländer der Migranten zu entschärfen. Würden dort Investitionen getätigt und Arbeitsplätze geschaffen, gäbe es weniger Anreize, nach Europa einzuwandern. Sind diese Vorschläge wirklich geeignet, die Migrationsursachen zu verringern? Nach Ansicht von Birgit Schmitz und Benjamin Schraven, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Bonn, muss diese Frage grundsätzlich mit einem »Nein« beantwortet werden. Sonderwirtschaftszonen könnten eine enorme landesinterne Migration auslösen, diese führe aber nicht unbedingt zu weniger internationaler Migration. Die Erwartungen, dass Sonderwirtschaftszonen in Europas Nachbarschaft kurz- oder mittelfristig zu einer massiven Abnahme der Zuwanderung in den alten Kontinent führen würde, sollten also nicht allzu hoch gehängt werden. Grundsätzlich werde Europa nicht daran vorbeikommen, sich über eine gut gemanagte Zuwanderungspolitik Gedanken zu machen. Marco Lietz, sieht einen Lösungsansatz im Einsatz ausländischer Experten in Sonderwirtschaftszonen, da Fachleute aus Europa, Nordamerika, Australien oder Ostasien häufig über Know-how zur Verwaltung von Gewerbezonen oder Städten nach modernen Kriterien verfügen. Auf diese Weise könne eine erfolgreiche Standortpolitik zur Armutsreduzierung und damit zur Verringerung von Migration beitragen. So sei es beispielsweise für ausländische Experten bedeutend einfacher, mit Investoren aus Industrieländern zu verhandeln und sie davon zu überzeugen, ihr Unternehmen an einem bestimmten Standort anzusiedeln und so die dringend benötigten Arbeitsplätze zu schaffen
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