History of the Colored Race in AmericaPalmetto, 1800 - 600 páginas |
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... given a sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln , the author of the Emancipation Proclamation , who , with one stroke of his pen , struck the shackles from four millions of slaves . He was a representative American , who , in his great ...
... given a sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln , the author of the Emancipation Proclamation , who , with one stroke of his pen , struck the shackles from four millions of slaves . He was a representative American , who , in his great ...
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... given in substance the decision in the case of Dred Scott . There was a time in this country when all bowed to a decision of the Supreme Court . It was unquestioned . It was regarded as voice from on high . " The people heard and they ...
... given in substance the decision in the case of Dred Scott . There was a time in this country when all bowed to a decision of the Supreme Court . It was unquestioned . It was regarded as voice from on high . " The people heard and they ...
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... given to him ; but he endeavored in some measure to remunerate the white stranger for his loss by a present of five drachms of gold , and by altogether abstaining from examining his baggage , or exacting any other present than what was ...
... given to him ; but he endeavored in some measure to remunerate the white stranger for his loss by a present of five drachms of gold , and by altogether abstaining from examining his baggage , or exacting any other present than what was ...
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... given to him , but the boar , which had been recaptured , was tied to a stake in the end of it , as his fittest companion . By degrees , however , these fanatics began to conceive that the white Christian might , in one way or another ...
... given to him , but the boar , which had been recaptured , was tied to a stake in the end of it , as his fittest companion . By degrees , however , these fanatics began to conceive that the white Christian might , in one way or another ...
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... given us the alarm . Not seeing anything myself , however , I thought my guide had been mistaken , when he suddenly put his hand to his mouth , exclaiming , God protect us , and to my great sur- prise I then perceived a large , red lion ...
... given us the alarm . Not seeing anything myself , however , I thought my guide had been mistaken , when he suddenly put his hand to his mouth , exclaiming , God protect us , and to my great sur- prise I then perceived a large , red lion ...
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Página 360 - Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences, is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment of this great tribunal of the American people.
Página 271 - And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word : " Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog ! March on !
Página 355 - That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal struggle between these two principles— right and wrong— throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same...
Página 360 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect and defend
Página 165 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Página 19 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Página 131 - On the contrary, they were at that time considered as a subordinate and inferior class of beings, who had been subjugated by the dominant race, and whether emancipated or not, yet remained subject to their authority, and had no rights or privileges but such as those who held the power and the government might choose to grant them.
Página 319 - And wider still those billows of war Thundered along the horizon's bar ; And louder yet into Winchester rolled The roar of that red sea uncontrolled...
Página 52 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Página 331 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...