A Short History of the American NegroMacmillan, 1939 - 288 pages |
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... naturally remembered most quickly in connection with the Union armies . In May , 1861 , while in command at Fortress Monroe , Major - General Ben- jamin F. Butler gained prominence by receiving fugitive slaves within his lines . These ...
... naturally remembered most quickly in connection with the Union armies . In May , 1861 , while in command at Fortress Monroe , Major - General Ben- jamin F. Butler gained prominence by receiving fugitive slaves within his lines . These ...
Page 136
... naturally there has been within recent years a demand for reorganization and consolidation . The American Missionary Association was the first of all the benevolent agencies to begin work . It was organized before the Civil War on an ...
... naturally there has been within recent years a demand for reorganization and consolidation . The American Missionary Association was the first of all the benevolent agencies to begin work . It was organized before the Civil War on an ...
Page 176
... naturally wide difference of opinion . The real climax of labor trouble as of mob violence within the period came in Georgia and in Atlanta , a city that now assumed importance as a battleground of the problems of the New South . In ...
... naturally wide difference of opinion . The real climax of labor trouble as of mob violence within the period came in Georgia and in Atlanta , a city that now assumed importance as a battleground of the problems of the New South . In ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The First Blows for Liberty | 14 |
THE ERA OF THE REVOLUTION | 20 |
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