Abraham Lincoln: A Biography, by Benjamin P. Thomas |
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... Negro , he declared , he favored the white man every time ; and as between the Negro and the crocodile , he favored the Negro . Lacking any moral sensitivity about slavery , Douglas could never comprehend why millions at the North ...
... Negro , he declared , he favored the white man every time ; and as between the Negro and the crocodile , he favored the Negro . Lacking any moral sensitivity about slavery , Douglas could never comprehend why millions at the North ...
Page 362
... Negro group had been invited to the White House . Lincoln spoke to them frankly . There were certain ineradicable differences between the races , he declared . Freedom would improve the Negro's chances of self- betterment , but it would ...
... Negro group had been invited to the White House . Lincoln spoke to them frankly . There were certain ineradicable differences between the races , he declared . Freedom would improve the Negro's chances of self- betterment , but it would ...
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... Negro colony on Isle ' a Vache , a possession of the Negro Republic of Haiti . A certain Bernard Koch , who had obtained a concession on Isle ' a Vache , agreed to colonize 5,000 Negroes at fifty dollars a head , and to provide them ...
... Negro colony on Isle ' a Vache , a possession of the Negro Republic of Haiti . A certain Bernard Koch , who had obtained a concession on Isle ' a Vache , agreed to colonize 5,000 Negroes at fifty dollars a head , and to provide them ...
Contents
The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor | 3 |
Young Man on His Own | 23 |
His Love Affairs | 44 |
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