A Short History of the American NegroMacmillan, 1939 - 288 pages |
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Page 18
... master , was able as early as 1641 to purchase his own son from another master , to the perfect satisfaction of all concerned.18 Noteworthy too in this connection are those persons , a large group , the descend- ants of Negro fathers ...
... master , was able as early as 1641 to purchase his own son from another master , to the perfect satisfaction of all concerned.18 Noteworthy too in this connection are those persons , a large group , the descend- ants of Negro fathers ...
Page 52
... master was murder . In Georgia , however , it was declared thirty years later that a master had absolute power over a slave . In actual practice , as plan- tations were remote , no penalty was anywhere attached to the murder of a slave ...
... master was murder . In Georgia , however , it was declared thirty years later that a master had absolute power over a slave . In actual practice , as plan- tations were remote , no penalty was anywhere attached to the murder of a slave ...
Page 70
... master's guests and the speeches of Calhoun and other public men . He once heard a minister say , " It is impossible ... master , and by the time he had grown to manhood had saved several hundred dollars . A portion of this money Lane ...
... master's guests and the speeches of Calhoun and other public men . He once heard a minister say , " It is impossible ... master , and by the time he had grown to manhood had saved several hundred dollars . A portion of this money Lane ...
Contents
The African Slave Coast | 1 |
Servitude and Slavery | 7 |
The First Blows for Liberty | 14 |
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