Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and FreedomUniversity Press of America, 1982 - 221 pages |
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Page 175
... 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 . " In the same mood , Toussaint said to the French captain who urged ...
... 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 . " In the same mood , Toussaint said to the French captain who urged ...
Page 178
... French architects had just finished for him , and in forty hours the place was in ashes . The battle was fought in its streets , and the French driven back to their boats . [ Cheers . ] Wherever they went , they were met with fire and ...
... French architects had just finished for him , and in forty hours the place was in ashes . The battle was fought in its streets , and the French driven back to their boats . [ Cheers . ] Wherever they went , they were met with fire and ...
Page 181
... French , and rushed to arms . Soon every Negro but Maurepas deserted the French . Leclerc summoned Maurepas to his side . He came , loyally bringing with him five hundred soldiers . Leclerc spiked his epaulettes to his shoulders , shot ...
... French , and rushed to arms . Soon every Negro but Maurepas deserted the French . Leclerc summoned Maurepas to his side . He came , loyally bringing with him five hundred soldiers . Leclerc spiked his epaulettes to his shoulders , shot ...
Contents
In Defense of Lovejoy | 1 |
The Boston Mob | 10 |
The Right of Petition | 23 |
Copyright | |
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