The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Expecially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery, from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 1 |
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... soon found themselves utterly unable to pay . They were almost exclusively an agricultural people , and their products , save only Tobacco and In- digo , were not wanted by the Old World , and found but a very restrict- ed and ...
... soon found themselves utterly unable to pay . They were almost exclusively an agricultural people , and their products , save only Tobacco and In- digo , were not wanted by the Old World , and found but a very restrict- ed and ...
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... soon exhausted by the unskillful and thriftless cultivation of the Eighteenth Century . Though one - third of the labor of the country was probably devoted to the cutting of timber , the axe - helve was but a pudding - stick ; while the ...
... soon exhausted by the unskillful and thriftless cultivation of the Eighteenth Century . Though one - third of the labor of the country was probably devoted to the cutting of timber , the axe - helve was but a pudding - stick ; while the ...
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... soon after returned to England ; the trustees finally sur- rendered their charter to the Crown ; and in 1752 Georgia became a royal colony , whereby its inhabitants were enabled to gratify , without restraint , their longing for Slavery ...
... soon after returned to England ; the trustees finally sur- rendered their charter to the Crown ; and in 1752 Georgia became a royal colony , whereby its inhabitants were enabled to gratify , without restraint , their longing for Slavery ...
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... soon attachment to , or disposition to jus as begun . These facts , vividly im- tify Slavery before the close of the pressed on the general mind by the Revolutionary war . IV . SLAVERY UNDER THE CONFEDERATION . As the public burdens ...
... soon attachment to , or disposition to jus as begun . These facts , vividly im- tify Slavery before the close of the pressed on the general mind by the Revolutionary war . IV . SLAVERY UNDER THE CONFEDERATION . As the public burdens ...
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... soon as it shall contain sixty thousand inhabitants , or at an earlier period , if Congress shall think it expedient , on the same conditions and restrictions , with the same privileges , and in the same manner , as is provided in the ...
... soon as it shall contain sixty thousand inhabitants , or at an earlier period , if Congress shall think it expedient , on the same conditions and restrictions , with the same privileges , and in the same manner , as is provided in the ...
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