Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 7R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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Page 46
... prisoners condemned to transportation were a salable commodity . Such was the demand for labor in America that ... prisoner will be worth ten pound , if not fifteen pound , apiece , and , sir , if your majesty orders these as you ...
... prisoners condemned to transportation were a salable commodity . Such was the demand for labor in America that ... prisoner will be worth ten pound , if not fifteen pound , apiece , and , sir , if your majesty orders these as you ...
Page 54
... prisoner . " The simple story made an impression on all who heard it save the obdurate master . The magistrate asked the slave what he would have done with his child . " Let her stay in the colony until my term of service is ended ...
... prisoner . " The simple story made an impression on all who heard it save the obdurate master . The magistrate asked the slave what he would have done with his child . " Let her stay in the colony until my term of service is ended ...
Page 61
... prisoner had seen in the New World . " You can sleep here in perfect security , " said Robert . " I will see that you are not molested by any one . " The way worn traveller threw himself on the bed and fell asleep . Stevens went below ...
... prisoner had seen in the New World . " You can sleep here in perfect security , " said Robert . " I will see that you are not molested by any one . " The way worn traveller threw himself on the bed and fell asleep . Stevens went below ...
Page 224
... prisoners to New York , and so disquiet and disturb their majesties ' liege people ; that a letter be written to Alderman Levinus Van Schaic , now at New York , and Lieu- tenant Jochim Staets , to make narrow inquiry of the business ...
... prisoners to New York , and so disquiet and disturb their majesties ' liege people ; that a letter be written to Alderman Levinus Van Schaic , now at New York , and Lieu- tenant Jochim Staets , to make narrow inquiry of the business ...
Page 230
... prisoners , eight in number , were promptly arraigned before a special court , constituted for the purpose by an ordinance , with inveterate royalists as judges . Six of the inferior ... prisoner's de- fence 230 THE WITCH OF SALEM .
... prisoners , eight in number , were promptly arraigned before a special court , constituted for the purpose by an ordinance , with inveterate royalists as judges . Six of the inferior ... prisoner's de- fence 230 THE WITCH OF SALEM .
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