The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn, 1891 - 359 pages |
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... slaves of them . Such was one great object with Columbus in going to the Indies , as all Eastern Asia was then called . Throughout his career he never lost sight of this purpose . In fact , he came at length to believe that the Most ...
... slaves of them . Such was one great object with Columbus in going to the Indies , as all Eastern Asia was then called . Throughout his career he never lost sight of this purpose . In fact , he came at length to believe that the Most ...
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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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... slave or a beast of burden for these insolent Spaniards , his fate was pitiful . They set him up as a target , and riddled his body with bullets ; or they chopped off his hands , and then sent him home to exhibit the useless , bleeding ...
... slave or a beast of burden for these insolent Spaniards , his fate was pitiful . They set him up as a target , and riddled his body with bullets ; or they chopped off his hands , and then sent him home to exhibit the useless , bleeding ...
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... slaves for life . Out of those who had surrendered with Ribaut five were for some reason spared . The hands of the others a hundred and forty - six in all were tied behind them ; then they were marched to St. Augustine , or its vicinity ...
... slaves for life . Out of those who had surrendered with Ribaut five were for some reason spared . The hands of the others a hundred and forty - six in all were tied behind them ; then they were marched to St. Augustine , or its vicinity ...
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... slaves , as the cheapest means of carrying on great plantations . These plantations had a decided influence on the ... slave labor - exhausted the soil , and so compelled the planters to constantly add new land to their estates , thus ...
... slaves , as the cheapest means of carrying on great plantations . These plantations had a decided influence on the ... slave labor - exhausted the soil , and so compelled the planters to constantly add new land to their estates , thus ...
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