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At this time the islands held about thirty thousand whites , twenty or thirty thousand mulattoes , and five hundred thousand slaves . The slave trade was active . About twenty - five thousand slaves were im- ported annually ; and this ...
At this time the islands held about thirty thousand whites , twenty or thirty thousand mulattoes , and five hundred thousand slaves . The slave trade was active . About twenty - five thousand slaves were im- ported annually ; and this ...
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Napoleon sent over thirty thousand more soldiers . ... Rochambeau - the Rochambeau of our history - left in com- mand of eight thousand troops , sent word to Dessalines : " When I take you , I will not shoot you like a soldier , or hang ...
Napoleon sent over thirty thousand more soldiers . ... Rochambeau - the Rochambeau of our history - left in com- mand of eight thousand troops , sent word to Dessalines : " When I take you , I will not shoot you like a soldier , or hang ...
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If he owns ten houses of like value , we won't tax him one thousand dollars , but two thousand dollars . If he owns a hundred houses , we won't tax him ten thousand dollars , but sixty thousand dollars ; and the richer a man grows ...
If he owns ten houses of like value , we won't tax him one thousand dollars , but two thousand dollars . If he owns a hundred houses , we won't tax him ten thousand dollars , but sixty thousand dollars ; and the richer a man grows ...
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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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