A Short History of the American NegroMacmillan, 1939 - 288 pages |
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Page 49
... women sometimes became insane . Fearful and con- tagious diseases broke out . Smallpox was one of these . Very ... women , for , while a man might do more work , a woman might beget children for her master . A man worth $ 200 would in a ...
... women sometimes became insane . Fearful and con- tagious diseases broke out . Smallpox was one of these . Very ... women , for , while a man might do more work , a woman might beget children for her master . A man worth $ 200 would in a ...
Page 188
... women in industry , and it was the women also who largely maintained and promoted the food supply at the same time that they released men for duty at the front . In the summer of 1918 interest naturally centered upon the performance of ...
... women in industry , and it was the women also who largely maintained and promoted the food supply at the same time that they released men for duty at the front . In the summer of 1918 interest naturally centered upon the performance of ...
Page 261
... women as the stable labor supply in such occupations as farming , mining , cooking , and washing . Not less than 50 ... women nearly 80 per cent are engaged as farm laborers , cooks , or washer- women , so that they do much of the ...
... women as the stable labor supply in such occupations as farming , mining , cooking , and washing . Not less than 50 ... women nearly 80 per cent are engaged as farm laborers , cooks , or washer- women , so that they do much of the ...
Contents
The African Slave Coast | 1 |
Servitude and Slavery | 7 |
The First Blows for Liberty | 14 |
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