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... ment , social and political organization , and religious belief . They were all of a copper color ; were tall , straight , and well - proportioned ; their eyes black and expressive ; their hair black , long , coarse , and perfectly ...
... ment , social and political organization , and religious belief . They were all of a copper color ; were tall , straight , and well - proportioned ; their eyes black and expressive ; their hair black , long , coarse , and perfectly ...
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... ment and culture , when they were compelled to leave their farms for a new home in the wilderness . They are in a fertile country , watered by the Arkansas and its tributaries , and now [ 1867 ] number about fourteen thousand souls ...
... ment and culture , when they were compelled to leave their farms for a new home in the wilderness . They are in a fertile country , watered by the Arkansas and its tributaries , and now [ 1867 ] number about fourteen thousand souls ...
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... ment , and to proclaim the title of his sovereign to the territories so discovered . The banner of the expedition , borne on shore by Columbus , was a white one , with a green cross . Over the initials F. and Y. ( Ferdinand and Ysabella ) ...
... ment , and to proclaim the title of his sovereign to the territories so discovered . The banner of the expedition , borne on shore by Columbus , was a white one , with a green cross . Over the initials F. and Y. ( Ferdinand and Ysabella ) ...
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... ment , and have a great seal attached , made of wax , lead , silver , or gold . The name is derived from the seal , bulla . On one side , are the heads of Peter and Paul , and on the other , the name of the Pope and the year of his ...
... ment , and have a great seal attached , made of wax , lead , silver , or gold . The name is derived from the seal , bulla . On one side , are the heads of Peter and Paul , and on the other , the name of the Pope and the year of his ...
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... ment of establishing the foundations of a new commonwealth in the wilderness . When he was banished from Massachusetts , toward the close of 1635,5 he crossed the borders of civilization , and found liberty and toleration among the ...
... ment of establishing the foundations of a new commonwealth in the wilderness . When he was banished from Massachusetts , toward the close of 1635,5 he crossed the borders of civilization , and found liberty and toleration among the ...
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Seite 532 - They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and SO far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Seite 640 - Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people...
Seite ii - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Seite 640 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Seite 719 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers nor their private horses or baggage.
Seite 26 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 640 - ... and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Seite 640 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Seite ii - No state shall lay any imposts or duties, which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties, entered into by the United States in congress assembled, with any king, prince or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by congress, to the courts of France and Spain.
Seite 78 - Faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...