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 Liberia

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Isaac Goldmann, 1891 - 400 pages

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Contents

I
9
II
17
III
23
IV
25
V
34
VI
40
VII
41
VIII
43
XXIX
118
XXX
122
XXXI
127
XXXII
131
XXXIII
134
XXXIV
138
XXXVI
142
XXXVII
152

IX
44
X
51
XII
54
XIII
60
XV
70
XVI
76
XVIII
80
XIX
84
XXI
86
XXII
94
XXIII
97
XXV
98
XXVI
99
XXVII
105
XXVIII
114
XXXVIII
158
XXXIX
163
XL
186
XLII
192
XLIII
193
XLV
195
XLVI
217
XLVII
220
XLIX
248
LI
273
LII
314
LIII
328
LV
365
LVII
372
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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...
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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.
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