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The theory that the negro is a coward has no foundation ; experience has shown that he has about the same supply of physical courage that God has given the other races . He did not rise and make himself free during the Civil War because ...
The theory that the negro is a coward has no foundation ; experience has shown that he has about the same supply of physical courage that God has given the other races . He did not rise and make himself free during the Civil War because ...
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emfederate states would reject any amendment which made the negro a voter . The intellectual limitations of those in authority at that time are painfully obvious . In reality the negro question was not a political , but an economic ...
emfederate states would reject any amendment which made the negro a voter . The intellectual limitations of those in authority at that time are painfully obvious . In reality the negro question was not a political , but an economic ...
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The votes of negro legislators were bought and sold in all the Southern states . Zebulon B. Vance , of North Carolina , tells an amusing story of an elderly negro member of the legislature of his state who was found late at night in his ...
The votes of negro legislators were bought and sold in all the Southern states . Zebulon B. Vance , of North Carolina , tells an amusing story of an elderly negro member of the legislature of his state who was found late at night in his ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant A Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Garden Publishing Company, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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