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All the slave - owner had to do was to submit an affidavit to the effect that the negro belonged to him , and take possession . This could be done through an agent or attorney ; the owner of the slave was not even required to make a ...
All the slave - owner had to do was to submit an affidavit to the effect that the negro belonged to him , and take possession . This could be done through an agent or attorney ; the owner of the slave was not even required to make a ...
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But now the negroes were free , although they were not allowed to vote , and each negro had to be counted as a whole person . The result would be an increased representation from all the Southern states . . . in short , the South would ...
But now the negroes were free , although they were not allowed to vote , and each negro had to be counted as a whole person . The result would be an increased representation from all the Southern states . . . in short , the South would ...
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The votes of negro legislators were bought and sold in all the Southern states . Zebulon B. Vance , of North Carolina , tells an amusing story of an elderly negro member of the legislature of his state who was found late at night in his ...
The votes of negro legislators were bought and sold in all the Southern states . Zebulon B. Vance , of North Carolina , tells an amusing story of an elderly negro member of the legislature of his state who was found late at night in his ...
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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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