 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...  The Negro in the American Revolution - Page 12by William Wells Brown - 2007 - 400 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | John Wesley Cromwell - African Americans - 1914 - 342 pages
...man. But you surpass my hopes. I found in you, united to those qualities, that noble enthusiasm that impels to great deeds. ' ' Soldiers, the President...conduct on the present occasion, and the voice of the representative of the American Nation shall applaud your valor as your General now praises your ardor.... | |
 | George Edmund Haynes - African Americans - 1922 - 250 pages
...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. In the Civil War. The service of the Negroes in this struggle is so well known that only a brief statement... | |
 | Andrew Jackson - United States - 1927 - 496 pages
...all that is most dear to man — but you surpassed my hopes ; I have found in you, united to those qualities, that noble enthusiasm which impels to great...United States shall be informed of your conduct on this occasion, and the voice of the representatives of the American nation shall applaud your valour,... | |
 | Caryn Cossé Bell - History - 1997 - 348 pages
...the perils and to divide the glory of your white countrymen. . . . You surpass my hopes. . . . The President of the United States shall be informed of...applaud your valor, as your General now praises your ardor."3 As with the general's first message, white Louisianians reacted angrily. In their view, the... | |
 | Joseph R. McElrath, Jr., Robert C. Leitz, Jesse S. Crisler - Literary Collections - 2001 - 644 pages
...of Mobile, General Jackson addressed the same troops as follows: Soldiers! The President of the US shall be informed of your conduct on the present occasion,...applaud your valor, as your general now praises your ardor.4 Negro soldiers and sailors rendered valiant service in the war of 1812, and constituted about... | |
 | Melba J. Duncan - History - 2003 - 324 pages
...ourselves, you had to defend all that is most dear to you. But you surpass my hopes. I have found in you, united to these qualities, that noble enthusiasm which impels to great deeds. — Andrew Jackson's address to African American troops, December 18, 1814 Formal Segregation in the... | |
 | Michael Lee Lanning - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 344 pages
...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...valor, as your General now praises your ardor. The men of the Louisiana Battalion of Free Men of Color and other African-American volunteers enjoyed a... | |
 | David Reimers - History - 2005 - 400 pages
...white countrymen. . . . The President of the United States shall be informed of your conduct . . . and the voice of the Representatives of the American...applaud your valor, as your General now praises your ardor."41 General Jackson promised each of them the same pay as white soldiers and 160 acres of land.... | |
 | John Edgar Tidwell, Mark A. Sanders - Literary Collections - 2007 - 400 pages
...surpass my hopes. . . . The President of the United States shall be informed of your conduct . . . and the voice of the Representatives of the American...your valor, as your General now praises your ardor. I got this out of Charles Rousseve's The Negro in Louisiana, not from the many guidebooks to historic... | |
 | 1815 - 640 pages
...dear to man — but you surpass my hopes. 1 Juive found in TCU, united to those qualities, that no!)!e enthusiasm which impels to great deeds. Soldiers — The president of the United Slates shall b; informed of your conduct on the present occasion, pears to have roused the spirits... | |
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