History of the Colored Race in AmericaPalmetto, 1800 - 600 pages |
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... Mandingo language his progress depended on his own application ; but he soon found that little or no reliance could be placed on accounts of the interior by the natives of King of Yam's land , who , on the most material points , were ...
... Mandingo language his progress depended on his own application ; but he soon found that little or no reliance could be placed on accounts of the interior by the natives of King of Yam's land , who , on the most material points , were ...
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... Mandingo language fluently , they made many inquires about England and Europe in general , and of the beautiful but far off land across the sea , meaning America , and if the people in those far off countries had the same complexion 34 ...
... Mandingo language fluently , they made many inquires about England and Europe in general , and of the beautiful but far off land across the sea , meaning America , and if the people in those far off countries had the same complexion 34 ...
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... Mandingo language , " Af fille ibi siring ” , which translated into English means , ( see him sitting there ) . In a moment all eyes were turned towards the little hut where I sat ; I appeared like a being dropped from the clouds ...
... Mandingo language , " Af fille ibi siring ” , which translated into English means , ( see him sitting there ) . In a moment all eyes were turned towards the little hut where I sat ; I appeared like a being dropped from the clouds ...
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... Mandingo , what he meant , ' Wara billi billi ' said he , meaning , a very large lion , and made signs for me to ride away . But my horse was too much fatigued , so we rode slowly past the bush from which the animal had given us the ...
... Mandingo , what he meant , ' Wara billi billi ' said he , meaning , a very large lion , and made signs for me to ride away . But my horse was too much fatigued , so we rode slowly past the bush from which the animal had given us the ...
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... Mandingo language : " This place will do ! " and immediately snatched his hat from his head . " Though I was by no means free from apprehension " says Park , " yet I was resolved to show as few signs of fear as possible ; and therefore ...
... Mandingo language : " This place will do ! " and immediately snatched his hat from his head . " Though I was by no means free from apprehension " says Park , " yet I was resolved to show as few signs of fear as possible ; and therefore ...
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History of the Colored Race in America: Containing Also Their Ancient and ... William T. Alexander Affichage du livre entier - 1897 |
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Page 360 - Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences, is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment of this great tribunal of the American people.
Page 271 - And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word : " Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog ! March on !
Page 355 - That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself shall be silent. It is the eternal struggle between these two principles— right and wrong— throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same...
Page 360 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect and defend
Page 165 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 19 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page 131 - On the contrary, they were at that time considered as a subordinate and inferior class of beings, who had been subjugated by the dominant race, and whether emancipated or not, yet remained subject to their authority, and had no rights or privileges but such as those who held the power and the government might choose to grant them.
Page 319 - And wider still those billows of war Thundered along the horizon's bar ; And louder yet into Winchester rolled The roar of that red sea uncontrolled...
Page 52 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Page 331 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...