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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... protection of the laws , and declares that Congress shall have power to enforce , by appropriate legislation , the provisions of the amendment . The law in question , without any reference to adverse state legislation on the subject ...
... protection of the laws , and declares that Congress shall have power to enforce , by appropriate legislation , the provisions of the amendment . The law in question , without any reference to adverse state legislation on the subject ...
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... protection of the person or the property of the freedman , or for the protection of society , the Negro should be allowed and required to testify for or against the white and black according to the truth . There are few men living in ...
... protection of the person or the property of the freedman , or for the protection of society , the Negro should be allowed and required to testify for or against the white and black according to the truth . There are few men living in ...
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... protecting the rights and property of the white man against the villainies of the vile and villainous with whom they ... protection of society against the crimes of both races . Second , that the freedman be encouraged at once to engage ...
... protecting the rights and property of the white man against the villainies of the vile and villainous with whom they ... protection of society against the crimes of both races . Second , that the freedman be encouraged at once to engage ...
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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR Nixon v Herndon | 10 |
WILLIAM PICKENS The Emperor of Africa | 20 |
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