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Planters from the Carolinas carried small armies of slaves to the rich young lands of Mississippi . Slavery ran like a tidal wave across the Gulf states . Whitney's invention was the most momentous achievement of a single individual ...
Planters from the Carolinas carried small armies of slaves to the rich young lands of Mississippi . Slavery ran like a tidal wave across the Gulf states . Whitney's invention was the most momentous achievement of a single individual ...
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They carried innumerable mascots — eagles , goats , dogs , and so on , as well as all sorts of flags . The Confederate troops were particularly joyous . The volunteer companies gave their organizations such fierce names as “ Tigers ...
They carried innumerable mascots — eagles , goats , dogs , and so on , as well as all sorts of flags . The Confederate troops were particularly joyous . The volunteer companies gave their organizations such fierce names as “ Tigers ...
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Their operations were carried on so quietly that even their own brokers did not know what they were trying to do ... Corbin had to be taken care of , and a million dollars ' worth of contracts was bought for him , and carried by Gould .
Their operations were carried on so quietly that even their own brokers did not know what they were trying to do ... Corbin had to be taken care of , and a million dollars ' worth of contracts was bought for him , and carried by Gould .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Meet General Grant |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1946 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Oct 2006 |
| ISBN | 1404749136, 9781404749139 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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