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... rebels take any black prisoners , free or slave , they immediately auction them off . They did so with those they took from a boat that was aground in the Tennessee River a few days ago . And then I am very ungenerously attacked for it ...
... rebels take any black prisoners , free or slave , they immediately auction them off . They did so with those they took from a boat that was aground in the Tennessee River a few days ago . And then I am very ungenerously attacked for it ...
Page 139
... rebels ; and , indeed , thus far we have not had arms enough to equip our white troops . I will mention another thing , though it meet only your scorn and contempt . There are fifty thousand bayonets in the Union armies from the border ...
... rebels ; and , indeed , thus far we have not had arms enough to equip our white troops . I will mention another thing , though it meet only your scorn and contempt . There are fifty thousand bayonets in the Union armies from the border ...
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... rebel army , or with the people first liberated from the domination of that army by the success of our own army . Now , allow me to assure you that no word or intimation from that rebel army , or from any of the men controlling it , in ...
... rebel army , or with the people first liberated from the domination of that army by the success of our own army . Now , allow me to assure you that no word or intimation from that rebel army , or from any of the men controlling it , in ...
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