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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... citizens , which assumes to regulate the enjoyment of civil rights , common to all citizens , upon the basis of race . The present decision , it may well be apprehended , will not only stimulate ag- gressions , more or less brutal and ...
... citizens , which assumes to regulate the enjoyment of civil rights , common to all citizens , upon the basis of race . The present decision , it may well be apprehended , will not only stimulate ag- gressions , more or less brutal and ...
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... citizens of the United States , while citizens of the black race in Louisiana , many of whom , perhaps , risked their lives for the preservation of the Union , who are entitled , by law , to participate in the political control of the ...
... citizens of the United States , while citizens of the black race in Louisiana , many of whom , perhaps , risked their lives for the preservation of the Union , who are entitled , by law , to participate in the political control of the ...
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... citizens . So , too , a person may be entitled to vote by the law of the state who is not a citizen even of the state itself . And in some of the states of the Union foreigners not naturalized are allowed to vote . And the state may ...
... citizens . So , too , a person may be entitled to vote by the law of the state who is not a citizen even of the state itself . And in some of the states of the Union foreigners not naturalized are allowed to vote . And the state may ...
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