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... 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 that has ever occurred on the ...
... 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 that has ever occurred on the ...
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... carried a coffin at the head of its column , with the inscription : " This is for Abe Lincoln . We will bring him back in it . " Some of the Northern volunteers carried coffins , too — for Jefferson Davis . A Wisconsin regiment had no ...
... carried a coffin at the head of its column , with the inscription : " This is for Abe Lincoln . We will bring him back in it . " Some of the Northern volunteers carried coffins , too — for Jefferson Davis . A Wisconsin regiment had no ...
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... carried on so quietly that even their own brokers did not know what they were trying to do , and by the middle of September they held contracts for at least twice the available supply of gold . Of course Corbin had to be taken care of ...
... carried on so quietly that even their own brokers did not know what they were trying to do , and by the middle of September they held contracts for at least twice the available supply of gold . Of course Corbin had to be taken care of ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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