"Alas! there are invisible fetters which no mortal can wrench! both soft and firm are the bonds of virtue, no force can loosen its strong ties, no sword divide it from my soul! it has guided me from childhood to the age of woman, it presided over my marriage, it has attended me in all my wretchedness, nor will it forsake me at the hour of death."
The Negro Slaves, a Dramatic-Historical Piece, in Three Acts.
A.F. Ferdinand von Kotzebue, <u>The Negro Slaves, a Dramatic-Historical Piece, in Three Acts</u> Trans. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies, 1796). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW113788661&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=rT0HAAAAQAAJ">Link to incomplete copy in Google Books</a>&gt;