The Negro in the American RevolutionA history of African American participation in the Revolution, in the Civil War, and in antislavery uprisings between the two wars. |
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... give his life at the commencement of the Revolution was still fresh in their minds . Eighteen years previous to the breaking out of the war , Attucks was held as a slave by Mr. William Brown of Framingham , Mass . , and from whom he ...
... give his life at the commencement of the Revolution was still fresh in their minds . Eighteen years previous to the breaking out of the war , Attucks was held as a slave by Mr. William Brown of Framingham , Mass . , and from whom he ...
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... , forced a passage into it , and then into the landlord's apartment . The landlord at first refused to give the necessary in- telligence ; but , on the prospect of present death 6 THE NEGRO IN THE AMERICAN REBELLION .
... , forced a passage into it , and then into the landlord's apartment . The landlord at first refused to give the necessary in- telligence ; but , on the prospect of present death 6 THE NEGRO IN THE AMERICAN REBELLION .
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... give his oppressor the death - blow . Before they left the swamp , Nat made a speech , in which he said , " Friends and brothers ! We are to commence a great work to - night . Our race is to be delivered from slavery , and God has ...
... give his oppressor the death - blow . Before they left the swamp , Nat made a speech , in which he said , " Friends and brothers ! We are to commence a great work to - night . Our race is to be delivered from slavery , and God has ...
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... give a death - blow . The hatchet glanced from his head : he sprang from the bed , and called his wife . It was his last word . Will laid him dead with a blow of his axe . " They went from plantation to plantation , until the whole ...
... give a death - blow . The hatchet glanced from his head : he sprang from the bed , and called his wife . It was his last word . Will laid him dead with a blow of his axe . " They went from plantation to plantation , until the whole ...
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... give me my freedom , or shoot me on the spot . " Capt . Harris took the weapon , and pointed it at the slave . Jim , putting his right hand upon his heart , said , " This is the spot ; aim here . " The captain fired , and the slave fell ...
... give me my freedom , or shoot me on the spot . " Capt . Harris took the weapon , and pointed it at the slave . Jim , putting his right hand upon his heart , said , " This is the spot ; aim here . " The captain fired , and the slave fell ...
Contents
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CHAPTER XI | 74 |
CHAPTER XII | 82 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 177 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 192 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 212 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 235 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 248 |
CHAPTER XXXIII | 255 |
CHAPTER XXXV | 273 |
CHAPTER XXXVI | 283 |
CHAPTER XIII | 93 |
CHAPTER XIV | 100 |
PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM | 109 |
CHAPTER XVI | 124 |
CHAPTER XVII | 130 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 137 |
CHAPTER XXI | 159 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 167 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 291 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | 298 |
CHAPTER XL | 323 |
CHAPTER XLII | 345 |
CHAPTER XLIII | 355 |
CASTE | 361 |
CHAPTER XLV | 375 |
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Page 121 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 122 - ... order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 121 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 21 - I should return to the service of my earthly master, " for he who knoweth his Master's will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes, and thus have I chastened you.
Page 122 - West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this Proclamation were not issued.
Page 73 - I further make known that, whether it be competent for me, as Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States free, and whether, at any time, or in any case, it shall have become a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of the Government to exercise such supposed power, are questions which, under my responsibility, I reserve to myself, and which I can not feel justified in leaving to the decision of commanders in the field.
Page 122 - I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free, and that the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 122 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that in all cases when allowed they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 121 - Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Page 12 - I knew that you could endure hunger and thirst and all the hardships of war. I knew that you loved the land of your nativity, and that, like ourselves, you had to defend all that is most dear to man. But you surpass my hopes. I have found in you, united to these qualities, that noble enthusiasm which impels to great deeds.