American Heritage: An Anthology and Interpretive Survey of Our LiteratureLeon Howard Heath, 1955 - American literature |
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... slave , and gives a life - labor from the slave to the master . The slave is an apprentice for life , and owes his labor to his master ; the master owes support , during life , to the slave . Slavery is the Negro system of labor . He is ...
... slave , and gives a life - labor from the slave to the master . The slave is an apprentice for life , and owes his labor to his master ; the master owes support , during life , to the slave . Slavery is the Negro system of labor . He is ...
Page 163
... slaves , to bolster up the cause of slavery says , " That man was a slave- holder . " truth ? Is there among you one who hears me , solicitous above all things for the preservation of the Union so truly dear to us of that Union pro ...
... slaves , to bolster up the cause of slavery says , " That man was a slave- holder . " truth ? Is there among you one who hears me , solicitous above all things for the preservation of the Union so truly dear to us of that Union pro ...
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... slaves was : 1st . That no slave should be imported into the territory from foreign parts . 2nd . That no slave should be carried into it who had been imported into the United States since the first day of May , 1798 . 3rd . That no slave ...
... slaves was : 1st . That no slave should be imported into the territory from foreign parts . 2nd . That no slave should be carried into it who had been imported into the United States since the first day of May , 1798 . 3rd . That no slave ...
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The New England Brahmins | 3 |
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW | 9 |
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES | 29 |
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