The Negro in American History: A taste of freedom, 1854-1927Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, 1969 - African Americans Vol. 1, A taste of freedom, 1854-1927. Vol. 2, Slaves and masters, 1567-1854. Vol. 3, New Your, New York. |
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... President's account because it is calcu- lated to alienate him from those who elevated him to power and would gladly have rallied around his administration to sustain him in the principles upon which he was elected . But above all , sir ...
... President's account because it is calcu- lated to alienate him from those who elevated him to power and would gladly have rallied around his administration to sustain him in the principles upon which he was elected . But above all , sir ...
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... President Lincoln received a committee of Northern Negro leaders at the White House to hear his views on Negro emigration , an idea he favored throughout the early years of the war . Earlier , in April , Congress had provided $ 100,000 ...
... President Lincoln received a committee of Northern Negro leaders at the White House to hear his views on Negro emigration , an idea he favored throughout the early years of the war . Earlier , in April , Congress had provided $ 100,000 ...
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... President of the United States to leave this land and go to another country , to carry out his favorite scheme of colonization . But at this crisis , we feel disposed to refuse the offers of the President , since the call of our ...
... President of the United States to leave this land and go to another country , to carry out his favorite scheme of colonization . But at this crisis , we feel disposed to refuse the offers of the President , since the call of our ...
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