A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier, with a Statistical AppendixBrookhaven Press, 1859 - Počet stran: 516 |
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Strana xvii
... never paying its debts . Look at any part of the United States where slavery has pre- dominated for a historic period ; compare its present aspect with that it bore when peopled only by " heathen salvages , " and you # * It might be ...
... never paying its debts . Look at any part of the United States where slavery has pre- dominated for a historic period ; compare its present aspect with that it bore when peopled only by " heathen salvages , " and you # * It might be ...
Strana xxiii
... never the slightest suggestion of a desire to interfere by force , or any action of the central government , with the constitutional rights of the state governments to maintain slavery . Since the attempt to extend slavery in Kansas ...
... never the slightest suggestion of a desire to interfere by force , or any action of the central government , with the constitutional rights of the state governments to maintain slavery . Since the attempt to extend slavery in Kansas ...
Strana 16
... never mind me . " Near another we passed a husking bee - a circle of neighbors , tossing rapidly bright ears of corn into a central heap , with jokes and good cheer ; near by , a group of idle boys looking on from a fence , and half - a ...
... never mind me . " Near another we passed a husking bee - a circle of neighbors , tossing rapidly bright ears of corn into a central heap , with jokes and good cheer ; near by , a group of idle boys looking on from a fence , and half - a ...
Strana 34
... never carry a slave on his boat , and ordered the whole gang , their master , and his baggage , to be hustled out upon the levee . It was no sooner said than done , to the great astonishment of the bystanders , who , however , were awed ...
... never carry a slave on his boat , and ordered the whole gang , their master , and his baggage , to be hustled out upon the levee . It was no sooner said than done , to the great astonishment of the bystanders , who , however , were awed ...
Strana 45
... never heard to give utterance to a complaint or vent to an oath . He traveled with us some two thousand rough miles , kept well up , in spite of the brevity of his legs , with the rest , never winced at any load we had the heart to put ...
... never heard to give utterance to a complaint or vent to an oath . He traveled with us some two thousand rough miles , kept well up , in spite of the brevity of his legs , with the rest , never winced at any load we had the heart to put ...
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