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Page 171
He has driven the Spaniard back into his own cities , conquered him there , and put the French banner over every Spanish town ; and for the first time , and almost the last , the island obeys one law . He has put the mulatto under his ...
He has driven the Spaniard back into his own cities , conquered him there , and put the French banner over every Spanish town ; and for the first time , and almost the last , the island obeys one law . He has put the mulatto under his ...
Page 175
They were very much alike , and they were very French - French even in vanity , common to both . You remember Bonaparte's vainglorious words to his soldiers at the Pyramids : " Forty centuries look down upon us .
They were very much alike , and they were very French - French even in vanity , common to both . You remember Bonaparte's vainglorious words to his soldiers at the Pyramids : " Forty centuries look down upon us .
Page 178
If without it a French soldier sets foot on shore , I will burn the town , and fight over its ashes . " Leclerc landed . Christophe took two thousand white men , women , and children , and carried them to the mountains in safety ...
If without it a French soldier sets foot on shore , I will burn the town , and fight over its ashes . " Leclerc landed . Christophe took two thousand white men , women , and children , and carried them to the mountains in safety ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and Freedom |
| Author | Wendell Phillips |
| Editor | Louis Filler |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | University Press of America, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2006 |
| ISBN | 0819127930, 9780819127938 |
| Length | 221 pages |
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