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biografía de Thomas Jackson, un abolicionista británico
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Join the room“The time for war has not yet come, but it will come and that soon; and when it does come my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard.”
“My dear pastor, in my tent last night, after a fatiguing day's service, I remembered that I failed to send a contribution for our colored Sunday school. Enclosed you will find a check for that object, which please acknowledge at your earliest convenience and oblige yours faithfully.”
“I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow. The line of hills southwest of Winchester must not be occupied by the enemy's artillery. My own must be there and in position by daylight. … You shall however have two hours rest.”
“My men have sometimes failed to take a position, but to defend one, never!”
“I am more afraid of King Alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy.”
“We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength. A defensive campaign can only be made successful by taking the aggressive at the proper time. Napoleon never waited for his adversary to become fully prepared, but struck him the first blow.”
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Thomas Jackson (1807–1878) nació en Gran Bretaña, pero emigró a los Estados Unidos en 1829 y continuó su oficio como fabricante de cuerdas operando desde Reading, Pennsylvania. Durante una visita a Richmond, se topó con un mercado de esclavos; esta experiencia lo llevó a convertirse en un crítico abierto de la esclavitud y la desigualdad racial en los años previos a la Guerra Civil. Sus editoriales criticando la esclavitud y sus partidarios aparecieron en periódicos provinciales estadounidenses e ingleses. Estas fuentes primarias manuscritas originales ahora se encuentran en la Biblioteca del Congreso, donde serán conservadas para la posteridad. Desde que la colección de escritos de Thomas Jackson fue redescubierta en 2000, los investigadores también han trabajado para hacer esta colección más accesible al público transcribiendo las cartas y subiendo los documentos digitalizados al sitio web, thomasjacksonletters.com. La Biblioteca del Congreso reconoce que este sitio web proporciona información adicional a las cartas manuscritas originales y guarda versiones del sitio web en desarrollo a lo largo del tiempo.
