History of Public Speaking in AmericaAllyn and Bacon, 1965 - 566 pages |
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... Negro leaders and to urge the Negro people to follow their own promptings rather than to depend upon the leadership of sympathetic whites . Moreover , this movement directed its attention to the plight of the half - million free Negroes ...
... Negro leaders and to urge the Negro people to follow their own promptings rather than to depend upon the leadership of sympathetic whites . Moreover , this movement directed its attention to the plight of the half - million free Negroes ...
Page 311
... Negro equality with the white man , but Lincoln stubbornly refused to be pushed into this position . Said Douglas : " I am opposed to negro citizen- ship in any and every form . I believe this government was made on the white basis ...
... Negro equality with the white man , but Lincoln stubbornly refused to be pushed into this position . Said Douglas : " I am opposed to negro citizen- ship in any and every form . I believe this government was made on the white basis ...
Page 332
... Negro could quit his job before his work contract expired ; that no Negro could carry or possess arms ; that every Negro must pay an annual poll tax or work for the man who paid it for him . Louisiana provided that if any Negro workman ...
... Negro could quit his job before his work contract expired ; that no Negro could carry or possess arms ; that every Negro must pay an annual poll tax or work for the man who paid it for him . Louisiana provided that if any Negro workman ...
Contents
Groping Toward Independence | 1 |
The Role of the Preachers | 9 |
The Mather Dynasty | 18 |
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