JeffersonHarcourt, Brace, 1942 - 459 pages |
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Page 172
... slaves surrounded it with unrestrained emotion . Nothing , not even the entreaties of the master , could stop them from unhitching the four horses and pushing and dragging the heavy vehicle up the steep moun- tain to the house . They ...
... slaves surrounded it with unrestrained emotion . Nothing , not even the entreaties of the master , could stop them from unhitching the four horses and pushing and dragging the heavy vehicle up the steep moun- tain to the house . They ...
Page 233
... slave economy the planter had little choice but to continue using slave labor or to bankrupt himself by liberating his Negroes . Freeing the slaves , however , was no solution either , for such freedmen , unable to find free work in a slave ...
... slave economy the planter had little choice but to continue using slave labor or to bankrupt himself by liberating his Negroes . Freeing the slaves , however , was no solution either , for such freedmen , unable to find free work in a slave ...
Page 235
... slaves , and his considerate treatment of the colored folk on the plantation surprised many a visitor . To stimulate the slaves ' initiative , Jefferson praised them when they did something well and rewarded them when they achieved some ...
... slaves , and his considerate treatment of the colored folk on the plantation surprised many a visitor . To stimulate the slaves ' initiative , Jefferson praised them when they did something well and rewarded them when they achieved some ...
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