A History of the U.S.A.Macmillan, 1974 - 730 pages |
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Page 325
... slave trade . For although abolition of the trade had been realised in 1808 , the machinery for preventing the smuggling in of African slaves ( usually via the West Indies ) , was notoriously inefficient . The Role of Slavery in the ...
... slave trade . For although abolition of the trade had been realised in 1808 , the machinery for preventing the smuggling in of African slaves ( usually via the West Indies ) , was notoriously inefficient . The Role of Slavery in the ...
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... slave - owners , half owned five or fewer bondsmen , whereas only a few possessed over five hundred . Thus of the 347 525 slave - holders in 1850 , only 92 257 may be classed as planters ; the rest , holding from one to nine slaves ...
... slave - owners , half owned five or fewer bondsmen , whereas only a few possessed over five hundred . Thus of the 347 525 slave - holders in 1850 , only 92 257 may be classed as planters ; the rest , holding from one to nine slaves ...
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... slave and Negro leader Frederick Douglass , might be as appropriately considered an evidence of his contentment and happiness , as the singing of a slave . Sorrow and desolation have their songs , as well as joy and peace ... ' The ...
... slave and Negro leader Frederick Douglass , might be as appropriately considered an evidence of his contentment and happiness , as the singing of a slave . Sorrow and desolation have their songs , as well as joy and peace ... ' The ...
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The Colonial Legacy | 3 |
The Advance of Democracy | 39 |
The Civil War and Reconstruction | 114 |
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