The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1898 - 367 pages |
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... slaves in Europe . Loud was then the outcry against Columbus . The rabble nick- named him the " Admiral of Mosquito Land . " They pointed at him as the man who had promised everything , and ended by dis- covering nothing but " a ...
... slaves in Europe . Loud was then the outcry against Columbus . The rabble nick- named him the " Admiral of Mosquito Land . " They pointed at him as the man who had promised everything , and ended by dis- covering nothing but " a ...
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... slaves , as the cheapest means of carrying on great plantations . These plantations had a decided influence on the population . They kept it scattered ; and as the Virginians did not like to be cooped up in towns , few were built . The ...
... slaves , as the cheapest means of carrying on great plantations . These plantations had a decided influence on the population . They kept it scattered ; and as the Virginians did not like to be cooped up in towns , few were built . The ...
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... The date is sometimes , though incorrectly , given as June 30 . 6 The best tobacco was then worth about 75 cents a pound in Virginia . NEGRO SLAVERY . 59 persuaded more maids to come over 58 LEADING FACTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY .
... The date is sometimes , though incorrectly , given as June 30 . 6 The best tobacco was then worth about 75 cents a pound in Virginia . NEGRO SLAVERY . 59 persuaded more maids to come over 58 LEADING FACTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY .
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David Henry Montgomery. NEGRO SLAVERY . 59 persuaded more maids to come over and take pity on the forlorn bachelors in the American wilderness . • - 54. Introduction of Negro Slavery ; White " Appren- tices . " ' - In the records of this ...
David Henry Montgomery. NEGRO SLAVERY . 59 persuaded more maids to come over and take pity on the forlorn bachelors in the American wilderness . • - 54. Introduction of Negro Slavery ; White " Appren- tices . " ' - In the records of this ...
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... with England in commerce . 2 The population consisted of 32,000 freemen , 2000 negro slaves , and 6000 " apprentices " or white servants , THE BACON REBELLION . 63 Meanwhile , as we have 62 LEADING FACTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY .
... with England in commerce . 2 The population consisted of 32,000 freemen , 2000 negro slaves , and 6000 " apprentices " or white servants , THE BACON REBELLION . 63 Meanwhile , as we have 62 LEADING FACTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY .
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