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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Frederick Law Olmsted. tionate to density of population , and your demand is sometimes urged on the plea that an extension of the area subject to the waste of slavery is necessary to be made in order to avoid this calamity . If one ...
Frederick Law Olmsted. tionate to density of population , and your demand is sometimes urged on the plea that an extension of the area subject to the waste of slavery is necessary to be made in order to avoid this calamity . If one ...
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... Sometimes we saw them at work together , but generally at separate tasks on the same farm . The main crop was everywhere Indian corn , which furnishes the food for man and beast , and the cash sales evidently of hogs and beef . Many of ...
... Sometimes we saw them at work together , but generally at separate tasks on the same farm . The main crop was everywhere Indian corn , which furnishes the food for man and beast , and the cash sales evidently of hogs and beef . Many of ...
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... sometimes the land is nearly baked to a depth of five feet , and the richest soil is no better than the poorest . SLAVES IN FACTORIES The population of Lexington is about 12,000 . It is a market for hemp , and manufactures it in a rough ...
... sometimes the land is nearly baked to a depth of five feet , and the richest soil is no better than the poorest . SLAVES IN FACTORIES The population of Lexington is about 12,000 . It is a market for hemp , and manufactures it in a rough ...
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... sometimes wins extravagant rewards . When sugar , for instance , goes up to $ 1 per pound in up - river towns , after a dry season , a few hogsheads will almost pay for a cheap steamboat . " " LIFE AND SCENERY ON THE CUMBERLAND . The ...
... sometimes wins extravagant rewards . When sugar , for instance , goes up to $ 1 per pound in up - river towns , after a dry season , a few hogsheads will almost pay for a cheap steamboat . " " LIFE AND SCENERY ON THE CUMBERLAND . The ...
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... sometimes a flat is loaded ready for steamers to take in tow , so that no time may be lost in waiting . We saw the usual picturesque evening wooding - up scenes to great advantage here . An iron grating , filled with blazing chips of ...
... sometimes a flat is loaded ready for steamers to take in tow , so that no time may be lost in waiting . We saw the usual picturesque evening wooding - up scenes to great advantage here . An iron grating , filled with blazing chips of ...
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