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Page 32
... English taxation and English toil . He has been redeemed from bondage by the sweat and travail of some millions of hard - working English- men . Twenty millions of pounds sterling one hundred millions of dollars have been distilled from ...
... English taxation and English toil . He has been redeemed from bondage by the sweat and travail of some millions of hard - working English- men . Twenty millions of pounds sterling one hundred millions of dollars have been distilled from ...
Page 33
... English philanthropy , the freed negro , in his daily habits ; would watch him as he lazily plants his little squatting , would see him as he proudly rejects agricultural or domestic services , or accept it only at wage ludicrously ...
... English philanthropy , the freed negro , in his daily habits ; would watch him as he lazily plants his little squatting , would see him as he proudly rejects agricultural or domestic services , or accept it only at wage ludicrously ...
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... English farmer , if our labourers were to refuse work on the plea that there is plenty of potatoes and bacon to be had ; the po- tatoes and bacon being the produce of the farmer's own fields . There lies the shiny , oily , odorous negro ...
... English farmer , if our labourers were to refuse work on the plea that there is plenty of potatoes and bacon to be had ; the po- tatoes and bacon being the produce of the farmer's own fields . There lies the shiny , oily , odorous negro ...
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... English view of making them free labourers , under certain restrictions and compulsion , were carried out , the American white man would tolerate their presence and communion in any manner conducive to their comfort and self- respect ...
... English view of making them free labourers , under certain restrictions and compulsion , were carried out , the American white man would tolerate their presence and communion in any manner conducive to their comfort and self- respect ...
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... English inventions were previous to the American invention of the gin , and their utility depended altogether upon the latter . The anxiety then took possession of the mind of the English manufacturer in relation to a supply of material ...
... English inventions were previous to the American invention of the gin , and their utility depended altogether upon the latter . The anxiety then took possession of the mind of the English manufacturer in relation to a supply of material ...
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