Abraham LincolnHarper & brothers, 1893 - 542 pages |
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Page 43
... negroes , who leaped on board , intending to help themselves to plunder . The negroes were slaves . White men had stolen them - their manhood , their natural rights , their labor . Why should they not help themselves to whatever they ...
... negroes , who leaped on board , intending to help themselves to plunder . The negroes were slaves . White men had stolen them - their manhood , their natural rights , their labor . Why should they not help themselves to whatever they ...
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... negroes in chains were taken from Baltimore across the country , or shipped on vessels to southern ports . Steamboats descending the Mississippi River transported other gangs from Missouri and Kentucky to the greatest of all markets ...
... negroes in chains were taken from Baltimore across the country , or shipped on vessels to southern ports . Steamboats descending the Mississippi River transported other gangs from Missouri and Kentucky to the greatest of all markets ...
Page 53
... negroes as slaves . There always had been slaves . In Bible times , Moses , who gave laws to the children of Israel , established statutes relating to bondmen . Abraham had bond - servants . There were slaves in the time of Christ and ...
... negroes as slaves . There always had been slaves . In Bible times , Moses , who gave laws to the children of Israel , established statutes relating to bondmen . Abraham had bond - servants . There were slaves in the time of Christ and ...
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... negroes had done anything wrong , but because they were negroes . The colored people of Philadelphia fared worse than those in Cincin- nati . A mob killed one , beat others with clubs , treated women and girls indecently , broke down ...
... negroes had done anything wrong , but because they were negroes . The colored people of Philadelphia fared worse than those in Cincin- nati . A mob killed one , beat others with clubs , treated women and girls indecently , broke down ...
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... negroes in different parts of Kentucky , and was taking them to a farm in the South . They were chained six and six together ; a small iron clevis was around the left wrist of each , and this was fastened to the main chain by a shorter ...
... negroes in different parts of Kentucky , and was taking them to a farm in the South . They were chained six and six together ; a small iron clevis was around the left wrist of each , and this was fastened to the main chain by a shorter ...
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