The National Hand-book of American Progress: Comprising a Ready Reference Manual of Facts and Figures, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Historical, Biographical, Statistical, Documentary, Financial, PoliticalErastus Otis Haven |
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... Slave Ordinances of 1797 , 1820 , 1850 , and 1854 . 142 Dred Scott Decision of 1854 . 142 Jackson's Nullification ... Slave Population of the Colonies , 1715 . Slave Population of the U. S. in 1860 .. 139 140 143 143 War of 1812 ; list ...
... Slave Ordinances of 1797 , 1820 , 1850 , and 1854 . 142 Dred Scott Decision of 1854 . 142 Jackson's Nullification ... Slave Population of the Colonies , 1715 . Slave Population of the U. S. in 1860 .. 139 140 143 143 War of 1812 ; list ...
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... slavery the large mass of the population around them . These early Americans were free simply because they were neg- lected . The mother country seldom interfered with them , usually for injury , never for protection or ben- efit . Some ...
... slavery the large mass of the population around them . These early Americans were free simply because they were neg- lected . The mother country seldom interfered with them , usually for injury , never for protection or ben- efit . Some ...
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... slaves . The great business of the men of Europe was to fight . They fought , and then rested long enough to take breath , and to let a new crop of boys grow up to be soldiers , and then fought again . Well might Hobbes , the ec ...
... slaves . The great business of the men of Europe was to fight . They fought , and then rested long enough to take breath , and to let a new crop of boys grow up to be soldiers , and then fought again . Well might Hobbes , the ec ...
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... slaves ; in Denmark and Germany , and Prussia and Austria , and Italy and Spain , and France , it was but little better . Nor were these slaves well cared for . Their food was coarse and scanty ; their comforts embraced but little above ...
... slaves ; in Denmark and Germany , and Prussia and Austria , and Italy and Spain , and France , it was but little better . Nor were these slaves well cared for . Their food was coarse and scanty ; their comforts embraced but little above ...
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... slaves . Rome and the republics of medieval times were simply free cities governed by aristocracies . America is a con- federation of republics into one sovereign Republic . It could not have been born till Christianity had raised up a ...
... slaves . Rome and the republics of medieval times were simply free cities governed by aristocracies . America is a con- federation of republics into one sovereign Republic . It could not have been born till Christianity had raised up a ...
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NATL HAND-BK OF AMER PROGRESS E. O. (Erastus Otis) 1820-1881 Haven,Joseph 1823 Sanderson,T. E. (Thomas Edgar) Willson No preview available - 2016 |
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