De Bow's Review of the Southern and Western States, Volume 9J.D.B. De Bow, 1850 - Industries |
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... Negro Life . 322 ... 323 66 324 .325 " Indiana ... 192 Tobacco Factory . Oswego and Buffalo ...... . ..193 Corn Shucking . 326 64 Pittsburg 194 Progress of Nashville .. 195 Mobile Texas 46 Navigation .... Georgia .. Florida . N ...
... Negro Life . 322 ... 323 66 324 .325 " Indiana ... 192 Tobacco Factory . Oswego and Buffalo ...... . ..193 Corn Shucking . 326 64 Pittsburg 194 Progress of Nashville .. 195 Mobile Texas 46 Navigation .... Georgia .. Florida . N ...
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... Negro Labor..432 Cotton Factory in Mississippi .. ..433 " Alabama .. 433 46 Southern Granite .. 434 on the Influence of Manufactures Growth of Cities .... 436 Manufacturing Industry . ...... 466 Manufacture of Coarse Cottons ... ... 557 ...
... Negro Labor..432 Cotton Factory in Mississippi .. ..433 " Alabama .. 433 46 Southern Granite .. 434 on the Influence of Manufactures Growth of Cities .... 436 Manufacturing Industry . ...... 466 Manufacture of Coarse Cottons ... ... 557 ...
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... Negro , Physical Character of .. 66 Nashville Convention .. N. Orleans Trade and Commerce..529 , 660 0 . Ouachita , La . - Monroe .. 66 ..325 " 86 9 66 64 Production and History . West India mode of Culture ... 320 Improved Process of ...
... Negro , Physical Character of .. 66 Nashville Convention .. N. Orleans Trade and Commerce..529 , 660 0 . Ouachita , La . - Monroe .. 66 ..325 " 86 9 66 64 Production and History . West India mode of Culture ... 320 Improved Process of ...
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... negro imported into Massachusetts.f The same year , we find a law of the general court , relating to mulatto and negro slaves , prohibiting their manumission , without previous security that they should not afterward be at the charge of ...
... negro imported into Massachusetts.f The same year , we find a law of the general court , relating to mulatto and negro slaves , prohibiting their manumission , without previous security that they should not afterward be at the charge of ...
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... negro and slave population , together , being about one - fifth of the whole . In those States where slavery has been subsequently retained , the proportion was of course largest , being about 35 per cent . , or one - third . In South ...
... negro and slave population , together , being about one - fifth of the whole . In those States where slavery has been subsequently retained , the proportion was of course largest , being about 35 per cent . , or one - third . In South ...
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Page 175 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible therefore that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
Page 284 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 285 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Page 237 - I have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most high.
Page 581 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image.
Page 587 - BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN." OH, deem not they are blest alone Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep ; The Power who pities man, has shown A blessing for the eyes that weep. The light of smiles shall fill again The lids that overflow with tears ; And weary hours of woe and pain Are promises of happier years.
Page 581 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 284 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever...
Page 28 - And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
Page 618 - Marriage is celebrated by the natives as unconcernedly as possible ; a man thinks as little of taking a wife, as of cutting an ear of corn — affection is altogether out of the question.