A Short History of the American NegroMacmillan, 1939 - 288 pages |
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Benjamin Brawley. lish liberals , objected , and by so doing raised the legal question , Did a slave by being brought to England be- come free ? This question had come up before but had not been formally passed upon . The Somerset case ...
Benjamin Brawley. lish liberals , objected , and by so doing raised the legal question , Did a slave by being brought to England be- come free ? This question had come up before but had not been formally passed upon . The Somerset case ...
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... question was , what was to be the final place in the American body politic of those who for the time being were in bondage ? In the answering of this , importance attached to the Negro himself ; but the question was not limited to a ...
... question was , what was to be the final place in the American body politic of those who for the time being were in bondage ? In the answering of this , importance attached to the Negro himself ; but the question was not limited to a ...
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... questions of labor or in fear as to self- or racial preservation . Even if the Negro did not have to work at all , and if the race did not include a single criminal , in American opinion there would still be a question . We are thus led ...
... questions of labor or in fear as to self- or racial preservation . Even if the Negro did not have to work at all , and if the race did not include a single criminal , in American opinion there would still be a question . We are thus led ...
Contents
The African Slave Coast | 1 |
Servitude and Slavery | 7 |
The First Blows for Liberty | 14 |
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