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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... land all over with its energy and its courage . And yet , while in the El Dorado of which I have told you , but 15 percent of lands are cultivated , its mines scarcely touched , and its population so scant that , were it set equidistant ...
... land all over with its energy and its courage . And yet , while in the El Dorado of which I have told you , but 15 percent of lands are cultivated , its mines scarcely touched , and its population so scant that , were it set equidistant ...
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... lands of the United States subject to sale at the Land Office at Superior , Wis .; that , under the Preemption Act of 1841 , he filed his declara- tory statement on the 14th of August , 1856 , at the said Land Office ; and , upon the ...
... lands of the United States subject to sale at the Land Office at Superior , Wis .; that , under the Preemption Act of 1841 , he filed his declara- tory statement on the 14th of August , 1856 , at the said Land Office ; and , upon the ...
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... Land Office the warrant aforesaid . Report of the Senate Committee on Public Lands The Committee on Public Lands , to whom was referred the case of Sylvester Gray , a freeman of color , praying that a patent may issue to him for land ...
... Land Office the warrant aforesaid . Report of the Senate Committee on Public Lands The Committee on Public Lands , to whom was referred the case of Sylvester Gray , a freeman of color , praying that a patent may issue to him for land ...
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ALAIN LOCKE The High Cost of Prejudice | 3 |
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR Nixon v Herndon | 10 |
WILLIAM PICKENS The Emperor of Africa | 20 |
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