A Summary View of America: Comprising a Description of the Face of the Country, and of Several of the Principal Cities; and Remarks on the Social, Moral and Political Character of the People: Being the Result of Observations and Enquiries During a Journey in the United StatesT. Cadell, 1824 - 503 pages |
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... Friends ....... .... 199 XVI . The Methodists ........ ... 211 XVII . The Shakers 217 XVIII . The Indians 235 XIX . Slavery 249 XX . The Slave Trade ......... .... XXI . The Free Blacks ....... XXII . The Colonization Society .. XXIII ...
... Friends ....... .... 199 XVI . The Methodists ........ ... 211 XVII . The Shakers 217 XVIII . The Indians 235 XIX . Slavery 249 XX . The Slave Trade ......... .... XXI . The Free Blacks ....... XXII . The Colonization Society .. XXIII ...
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... enjoy their society with- out being suspected of more than common friendship . Of this , I was myself an instance . When at New York I became acquainted with the family of a merchant in whose society I took great 64 THE WOMEN .
... enjoy their society with- out being suspected of more than common friendship . Of this , I was myself an instance . When at New York I became acquainted with the family of a merchant in whose society I took great 64 THE WOMEN .
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... friend of the parties told me that he believed neither of them had any idea of such a thing . Now it is evident that if a greater degree of free- dom were allowed , reports of this nature would not so often occur to check familiar ...
... friend of the parties told me that he believed neither of them had any idea of such a thing . Now it is evident that if a greater degree of free- dom were allowed , reports of this nature would not so often occur to check familiar ...
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... friends of the other sex to disconti- nue it . The female poor are reared with more modest feelings than the same class in Europe . This I give as the general case , deferring a considera- tion of the exceptions to it to a future ...
... friends of the other sex to disconti- nue it . The female poor are reared with more modest feelings than the same class in Europe . This I give as the general case , deferring a considera- tion of the exceptions to it to a future ...
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... friends . Without letting me know before- hand what sort of a company I was to meet , he took me to one of these dress - parties . When I entered the room and perceived about a dozen ladies in full dress , I felt a little confused . My ...
... friends . Without letting me know before- hand what sort of a company I was to meet , he took me to one of these dress - parties . When I entered the room and perceived about a dozen ladies in full dress , I felt a little confused . My ...
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