Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and FreedomUniversity Press of America, 1982 - 221 pages |
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... 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 only sufficed to fill the gap which the ...
... 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 only sufficed to fill the gap which the ...
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... thousand more soldiers . But disaster still followed his efforts . What the sword did not devour , the fever ate up . Leclerc died . Pauline carried his body back to France . Napoleon met her at Bordeaux , say- ing , " Sister , I gave ...
... thousand more soldiers . But disaster still followed his efforts . What the sword did not devour , the fever ate up . Leclerc died . Pauline carried his body back to France . Napoleon met her at Bordeaux , say- ing , " Sister , I gave ...
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... 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 , the bigger his tax , so that when he is worth forty million ...
... 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 , the bigger his tax , so that when he is worth forty million ...
Contents
In Defense of Lovejoy | 1 |
The Boston Mob | 10 |
The Right of Petition | 23 |
Copyright | |
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