The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade: Ancient and Modern; the Forms of Slavery that Prevailed in Ancient Nations, Particularly in Greece and Rome, the African Slave Trade and the Political History of Slavery in the United States. Compiled from Authentic Materials, by W. O. BlakeJ. & H. Miller, 1857 - 832 páginas |
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... possessed of prisoners , the idea of employing them and rendering their labors profitable , naturally suggested itself . When it was found that advantages could be de- rived from captured enemies instead of butchering them in the field ...
... possessed of prisoners , the idea of employing them and rendering their labors profitable , naturally suggested itself . When it was found that advantages could be de- rived from captured enemies instead of butchering them in the field ...
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... possessed by masters over their domestics during the heroic ages . Every man appears then to have been a king in his own house , and to have exercised his authority most regally . Power , generally , when unchecked by law , is fierce ...
... possessed by masters over their domestics during the heroic ages . Every man appears then to have been a king in his own house , and to have exercised his authority most regally . Power , generally , when unchecked by law , is fierce ...
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... possessed only such slaves as they had purchased with money ; in which they resembled the slave - holding nations of ... possession of caverns among the almost inaccessible cliffs , successfully defended themselves , subsisting on the ...
... possessed only such slaves as they had purchased with money ; in which they resembled the slave - holding nations of ... possession of caverns among the almost inaccessible cliffs , successfully defended themselves , subsisting on the ...
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... possession of the acropolis of Su- nium , laid waste , for a time , the whole of the adjacent districts . This took place simultaneously with the second insurrection of the slaves in Sicily , in the quelling of which nearly a million of ...
... possession of the acropolis of Su- nium , laid waste , for a time , the whole of the adjacent districts . This took place simultaneously with the second insurrection of the slaves in Sicily , in the quelling of which nearly a million of ...
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... possessed by the orator's father , some were valued at six minæ , others at five , while the lowest were worth above three . Chairmakers sold for about two minæ , forty dollars . The wages of slaves , when let out for hire by their ...
... possessed by the orator's father , some were valued at six minæ , others at five , while the lowest were worth above three . Chairmakers sold for about two minæ , forty dollars . The wages of slaves , when let out for hire by their ...
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