American History Told by Contemporaries ..., Volume 4Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1901 |
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... person's caste is decided by the qual- ity of the blood , which shows itself , too plainly to be concealed , at first sight . Yet the least drop of Spanish blood , if it be only of quatroon or octoon , is sufficient to raise them from ...
... person's caste is decided by the qual- ity of the blood , which shows itself , too plainly to be concealed , at first sight . Yet the least drop of Spanish blood , if it be only of quatroon or octoon , is sufficient to raise them from ...
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... persons and property were briefly set forth . . . . Mr. Slidell arrived at Vera Cruz on the 30th of November [ 1845 ] , and was courteously received by the authorities of that city . But the Government of General Herrera was then ...
... persons and property were briefly set forth . . . . Mr. Slidell arrived at Vera Cruz on the 30th of November [ 1845 ] , and was courteously received by the authorities of that city . But the Government of General Herrera was then ...
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... person the expedition against Mexico , which he brought to the brilliant close described in the report given below . Scott was punctilious and brave and loyal , and in the Mexican War he showed him- self a leader among soldiers . For ...
... person the expedition against Mexico , which he brought to the brilliant close described in the report given below . Scott was punctilious and brave and loyal , and in the Mexican War he showed him- self a leader among soldiers . For ...
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... persons as shall ever live there , by as irrepealable and a more irrepealable law , than the law that attaches to the right of holding slaves in Texas ; and I will say further , that if a resolution , or a law , were now before us , to ...
... persons as shall ever live there , by as irrepealable and a more irrepealable law , than the law that attaches to the right of holding slaves in Texas ; and I will say further , that if a resolution , or a law , were now before us , to ...
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... persons bound to service , who have escaped into the free States . In that respect , it is my judg- ment that the South is right , and the North is wrong . Every member of every northern Legislature is bound , by oath , like every other ...
... persons bound to service , who have escaped into the free States . In that respect , it is my judg- ment that the South is right , and the North is wrong . Every member of every northern Legislature is bound , by oath , like every other ...
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