A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890: Combined with the History of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War : Also a Short Sketch of LiberiaIsaac Goldmann, 1891 - 400 pages |
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... Facts are what I have tried to give without , bias or preju- dice ; and may not something herein said hasten on that day when the race for which these facts are written , following the example of the noble men and women who have gone ...
... Facts are what I have tried to give without , bias or preju- dice ; and may not something herein said hasten on that day when the race for which these facts are written , following the example of the noble men and women who have gone ...
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... fact . A beautiful Barotse woman at Naliele , on refusing to marry a man whom she did not like , was , in a pet , given by the headman to some Mambari slave traders from Ben- guela . Seeing her fate , she seized one of their spears ...
... fact . A beautiful Barotse woman at Naliele , on refusing to marry a man whom she did not like , was , in a pet , given by the headman to some Mambari slave traders from Ben- guela . Seeing her fate , she seized one of their spears ...
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... facts , that Noah did not utter a prophecy when he spoke to Canaan , and as proof of that fact we have quoted some historical data to show that if he did make such a prophecy it was not fulfilled . We will add , further , that the part ...
... facts , that Noah did not utter a prophecy when he spoke to Canaan , and as proof of that fact we have quoted some historical data to show that if he did make such a prophecy it was not fulfilled . We will add , further , that the part ...
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... people think . The native African had then , and he has now , much respect for what we call law and justice . This fact is substantiated by the nu- merous large tribes existing , individuals of which grow to 18 A SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE.
... people think . The native African had then , and he has now , much respect for what we call law and justice . This fact is substantiated by the nu- merous large tribes existing , individuals of which grow to 18 A SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE.
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... fact that the Negro of his time could master the arts and sciences , It is said that he was the master of five different languages , as well as a mathematical and astronomical genius . He accompanied and assisted the commissioners who ...
... fact that the Negro of his time could master the arts and sciences , It is said that he was the master of five different languages , as well as a mathematical and astronomical genius . He accompanied and assisted the commissioners who ...
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A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890: Combined ... Edward Austin Johnson No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 14 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Page 207 - Whereas, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...
Page 29 - I thank you most sincerely for your polite notice of me, in the elegant lines you enclosed ; and however undeserving I may be of such encomium and panegyric, the style and manner exhibit a striking proof of your poetical talents; in honor of which, and as a tribute justly due to you, I would have published the poem, had I not been apprehensive, that, while I only meant to give the world this new instance of your genius, I might have incurred the imputation of vanity. This, and nothing else, determined...
Page 208 - First, that the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. "Second, that it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 208 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 186 - Slaves, manumitted here, became freemen, and therefore, if born within North Carolina, are citizens of North Carolina ; and all free persons born within the State are born citizens of the State.
Page 198 - Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That, in the opinion of Congress a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba; and that the United States of America should maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers, according to each all the rights of belligerents in the ports and territory of the United States.
Page 30 - If you should ever come to Cambridge, or near head-quarters, I shall be happy to see a person so favored by the Muses, and to whom nature has been so liberal and beneficent in her dispensations. I am, with great respect, your obedient, humble servant, GEORGE WASHINGTON^ 1 Sparks's Washington, vol.
Page 14 - And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: and he drank of the wine, and was drunken ; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Page 55 - I have not the least doubt, that the negroes will make very excellent soldiers, with proper management: and I will venture to pronounce, that they cannot be put in better hands than those of Mr.