The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1895 - 365 pages |
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Page 59
... negroes . No one then condemned the traffic , for no man's con- science was troubled by it , and at a much later period the king of England derived a large income from selling slaves in America . The system gradually spread over the ...
... negroes . No one then condemned the traffic , for no man's con- science was troubled by it , and at a much later period the king of England derived a large income from selling slaves in America . The system gradually spread over the ...
Page 123
... negroes was at last ( 1750 ) allowed ; the prohibition on the importation of rum from the West Indies was also removed , the land laws changed for the better , and Georgia soon had a flourishing commerce , and could hold her own with ...
... negroes was at last ( 1750 ) allowed ; the prohibition on the importation of rum from the West Indies was also removed , the land laws changed for the better , and Georgia soon had a flourishing commerce , and could hold her own with ...
Page 145
... negroes to station himself by the roadside to watch for the coming of some respectable - looking stranger on horseback . Then the servant , smiling and bowing , begged him to turn aside and stop over night at his master's mansion ...
... negroes to station himself by the roadside to watch for the coming of some respectable - looking stranger on horseback . Then the servant , smiling and bowing , begged him to turn aside and stop over night at his master's mansion ...
Page 209
... negroes . Jefferson , in particular , was beloved by his slaves , and would gladly have given them their liberty , if he could have . clearly seen how to do it . He continued to hold them , as many other good men did , but he said , " I ...
... negroes . Jefferson , in particular , was beloved by his slaves , and would gladly have given them their liberty , if he could have . clearly seen how to do it . He continued to hold them , as many other good men did , but he said , " I ...
Page 221
... negroes from the South , they sallied out and attacked the Georgia planters , burning 1 No country ever made more generous provision for its old soldiers than the United States did ( in Monroe's administration ) for those who had fought ...
... negroes from the South , they sallied out and attacked the Georgia planters , burning 1 No country ever made more generous provision for its old soldiers than the United States did ( in Monroe's administration ) for those who had fought ...
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