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Page 14
... increasing control of an armed soldiery ; peaceful citizens have been im- prisoned without warrant or law ; unoffending and defenceless men , women , and children have been ruthlessly shot down and murdered , and other un- bearable ...
... increasing control of an armed soldiery ; peaceful citizens have been im- prisoned without warrant or law ; unoffending and defenceless men , women , and children have been ruthlessly shot down and murdered , and other un- bearable ...
Page 31
... increase of black voters in the last twenty years ; the land runs wild ; King- ston gets its vegetables from the United States , even from New York ; and 50,000 coolies have been im- ported to raise sugar on the plantations , the ...
... increase of black voters in the last twenty years ; the land runs wild ; King- ston gets its vegetables from the United States , even from New York ; and 50,000 coolies have been im- ported to raise sugar on the plantations , the ...
Page 43
... increase of Southern strength . Those fears were like all party pretences , short- sighted , since that territory has given more free than slave States to the Union . This threat of disunion was made while yet Massachusetts was engaged ...
... increase of Southern strength . Those fears were like all party pretences , short- sighted , since that territory has given more free than slave States to the Union . This threat of disunion was made while yet Massachusetts was engaged ...
Page 46
... increased 10,204 . The census of 1850 gave a slight increase of slaves in that year . In the State of Vir- ginia the slaves declined over 20,000 up to 1840 , but recovered 23,000 up to 1850. In the nine years that have elapsed since the ...
... increased 10,204 . The census of 1850 gave a slight increase of slaves in that year . In the State of Vir- ginia the slaves declined over 20,000 up to 1840 , but recovered 23,000 up to 1850. In the nine years that have elapsed since the ...
Page 52
... increased , and the quality of the staple or fibre very much improved . The cotton which was produced thirty years ago would not now be marketable . Under the improved system a labourer will now cultivate twenty acres of cotton with as ...
... increased , and the quality of the staple or fibre very much improved . The cotton which was produced thirty years ago would not now be marketable . Under the improved system a labourer will now cultivate twenty acres of cotton with as ...
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