Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and 1821: In a Series of Letters, with an Appendix Containing an Account of Several of the Indian Tribes and the Principal Missionary Stations, &c. ; Also, a Letter to M. Jean Baptiste Say, on the Comparative Expense of Free and Slave LabourSamuel Whiting, 1823 - 335 páginas |
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... native land , and without assuming those obligations to another government which might make him the enemy of his own - to settle , though in a distant colony , among his countrymen and fellow - subjects , within means of instruction for ...
... native land , and without assuming those obligations to another government which might make him the enemy of his own - to settle , though in a distant colony , among his countrymen and fellow - subjects , within means of instruction for ...
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... native country - an anxiety for which true English feel- ing finds it difficult to account - he might have in- vested his property in some of the Atlantic States , with as much or more advantage to at least one or two generations of his ...
... native country - an anxiety for which true English feel- ing finds it difficult to account - he might have in- vested his property in some of the Atlantic States , with as much or more advantage to at least one or two generations of his ...
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... successive deaths of his Black friends , and harassed by the delays , irregularities , and suspicious conduct of the native chiefs - he writes in a strain of fortitude and piety , deserving of imitation . " But , thank God , " 55.
... successive deaths of his Black friends , and harassed by the delays , irregularities , and suspicious conduct of the native chiefs - he writes in a strain of fortitude and piety , deserving of imitation . " But , thank God , " 55.
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... native teachers ; and that the Colonization Society , by the introduction into Africa of social arrangements and religious institutions , was calculated to raise up a supply of native instructors , and thus to form an impor- tant link ...
... native teachers ; and that the Colonization Society , by the introduction into Africa of social arrangements and religious institutions , was calculated to raise up a supply of native instructors , and thus to form an impor- tant link ...
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... native of Alabama . " guess you are from the north . " " No , sir , I am not from the north . " " I guess you found the roads mighty muddy , and the creeks swimming . You are come a long way , I guess . " " No , not so very far ; we ...
... native of Alabama . " guess you are from the north . " " No , sir , I am not from the north . " " I guess you found the roads mighty muddy , and the creeks swimming . You are come a long way , I guess . " " No , not so very far ; we ...
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Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and ... Adam Hodgson Visualização completa - 1823 |
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