A Short History of the American NegroMacmillan, 1939 - 288 pages |
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Page 27
... Constitution and Slavery . Slavery was the cause of two of the three great compromises that entered into the making of the Constitution of the United States ( the third , which was the first made , being the conces- sion to the smaller ...
... Constitution and Slavery . Slavery was the cause of two of the three great compromises that entered into the making of the Constitution of the United States ( the third , which was the first made , being the conces- sion to the smaller ...
Page 155
... constitution of Mississippi was so amended as to exclude from the suffrage any person who had not paid his poll tax or was unable to read any section of the Constitution , or understand it when read to him , or to give a reasonable ...
... constitution of Mississippi was so amended as to exclude from the suffrage any person who had not paid his poll tax or was unable to read any section of the Constitution , or understand it when read to him , or to give a reasonable ...
Page 157
... Constitution of the State of Oklahoma ; but no per- son who was , on January 1 , 1866 , or at any time prior thereto , entitled to vote under any form of government , or who at any time resided in some foreign nation , and no lineal ...
... Constitution of the State of Oklahoma ; but no per- son who was , on January 1 , 1866 , or at any time prior thereto , entitled to vote under any form of government , or who at any time resided in some foreign nation , and no lineal ...
Contents
The African Slave Coast | 1 |
Servitude and Slavery | 7 |
The First Blows for Liberty | 14 |
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