A Short History of the American NegroMacmillan, 1939 - 288 pages |
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Page 87
... freedom , both radical and conservative , found in the Republican party the best means of present- ing a united front . They realized that not only the freedom of the Negro was at stake , but also the larger economic development of the ...
... freedom , both radical and conservative , found in the Republican party the best means of present- ing a united front . They realized that not only the freedom of the Negro was at stake , but also the larger economic development of the ...
Page 113
... freedom of such persons , and will do no act or acts to repress such persons , or any of them , in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom . " That the Executive will , on the first day of January aforesaid , by proclamation ...
... freedom of such persons , and will do no act or acts to repress such persons , or any of them , in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom . " That the Executive will , on the first day of January aforesaid , by proclamation ...
Page 121
Benjamin Brawley. ters , were not eager to accept their freedom ; and throughout the South the white people , who laid most ... freedom . The leaders of this school of opinion were Charles Sumner , of Massachusetts , in the Senate , and ...
Benjamin Brawley. ters , were not eager to accept their freedom ; and throughout the South the white people , who laid most ... freedom . The leaders of this school of opinion were Charles Sumner , of Massachusetts , in the Senate , and ...
Contents
The African Slave Coast | 1 |
Servitude and Slavery | 7 |
The First Blows for Liberty | 14 |
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