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... labours have made fruitful , and which is consecrated by your homes -CLAIBORNE F. JACKSON . " The notion that was cherished for some time after the rupture that some means might be discovered of reconciling the contending sections has ...
... labours have made fruitful , and which is consecrated by your homes -CLAIBORNE F. JACKSON . " The notion that was cherished for some time after the rupture that some means might be discovered of reconciling the contending sections has ...
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... labour is the last thing he will undertake . The land is , if not the most prolific , at least as much so as any in ... labour ; sixteen days ' labour will buy such a piece of land , and the market of Kingston offers a great demand for ...
... labour is the last thing he will undertake . The land is , if not the most prolific , at least as much so as any in ... labour ; sixteen days ' labour will buy such a piece of land , and the market of Kingston offers a great demand for ...
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... labour with sustained power : he lives from hand to mouth . In order that he may have his dinner and some small finery , he will work a little ; but after that he is content to lie in the sun . This in Jamaica he can very easily do ...
... labour with sustained power : he lives from hand to mouth . In order that he may have his dinner and some small finery , he will work a little ; but after that he is content to lie in the sun . This in Jamaica he can very easily do ...
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... labour , but sugar , tobacco and other interests require growing numbers of hands , for which there is no source of supply but natural in- It is not , therefore , a matter of surprise that the blacks should be taken from the non - pro ...
... labour , but sugar , tobacco and other interests require growing numbers of hands , for which there is no source of supply but natural in- It is not , therefore , a matter of surprise that the blacks should be taken from the non - pro ...
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... labour . This is not a matter of sentiment or surmise , it is simply a matter of experience and history . The whole of the Northern free States were once " the homes of slavery . " They all pos- sessed that " property , " and they all ...
... labour . This is not a matter of sentiment or surmise , it is simply a matter of experience and history . The whole of the Northern free States were once " the homes of slavery . " They all pos- sessed that " property , " and they all ...
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