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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... passed laws to banish him , his wife , and children by thou- sands from the state , and threw him into loathsome jails as a com- mon felon for returning to his native land . It will be wise to remember that these were the acts of an en ...
... passed laws to banish him , his wife , and children by thou- sands from the state , and threw him into loathsome jails as a com- mon felon for returning to his native land . It will be wise to remember that these were the acts of an en ...
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... passed the Civil Rights Bill over the presidential veto on April 9 , 1866. Johnson's veto message of March 27 and portions of Trumbull's reply follow . [ Source : A compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 1789-1897 ...
... passed the Civil Rights Bill over the presidential veto on April 9 , 1866. Johnson's veto message of March 27 and portions of Trumbull's reply follow . [ Source : A compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 1789-1897 ...
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... passed both houses of Congress by more than a two - thirds majority – the vote in the Senate being , yeas 33 to nays 12 , and , in the House , yeas 111 , nays 38. I will read from the remarks of Senator Andrew Johnson on the veto of the ...
... passed both houses of Congress by more than a two - thirds majority – the vote in the Senate being , yeas 33 to nays 12 , and , in the House , yeas 111 , nays 38. I will read from the remarks of Senator Andrew Johnson on the veto of the ...
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