Peculiar: A Tale of the Great TransitionCarleton, 1864 - 500 páginas |
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... never met a man he would trust before Toussaint ; and I can say as much . Toussaint used to dress my mother's hair ; he is now my ad- viser and friend . Born a slave in the town of St. Mark in St. Domingo in 1766 , Pierre Toussaint was ...
... never met a man he would trust before Toussaint ; and I can say as much . Toussaint used to dress my mother's hair ; he is now my ad- viser and friend . Born a slave in the town of St. Mark in St. Domingo in 1766 , Pierre Toussaint was ...
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... never speak of this man calmly . He had a slave , a woman white as you are , sir , that he beat , and then tried to make me take and treat as my wife . cheated him , he just had me tied up strong men were tired out with the work . It's ...
... never speak of this man calmly . He had a slave , a woman white as you are , sir , that he beat , and then tried to make me take and treat as my wife . cheated him , he just had me tied up strong men were tired out with the work . It's ...
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... never let a boy go into the water till he knew how to swim . " When the slaves are fit ! " As if the road were clear for them to achieve their fitness ! Why , the slave is not only robbed of his labor , but of his very chances as a ...
... never let a boy go into the water till he knew how to swim . " When the slaves are fit ! " As if the road were clear for them to achieve their fitness ! Why , the slave is not only robbed of his labor , but of his very chances as a ...
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... matter ; and he contrived that the overseer , seemingly by accident , should overhear him at prayers . Braxton had heard praying , but never any that had the unction of Peek's . From that time forth 34 PECULIAR . PIN-HOLES IN THE CURTAIN.
... matter ; and he contrived that the overseer , seemingly by accident , should overhear him at prayers . Braxton had heard praying , but never any that had the unction of Peek's . From that time forth 34 PECULIAR . PIN-HOLES IN THE CURTAIN.
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... never truly . --- He concluded that to surrender one's faith implicitly to the word of a spirit out of the flesh , either on moral or on secular \ questions , was about as unwise as it would be to give one's self up to the control of a ...
... never truly . --- He concluded that to surrender one's faith implicitly to the word of a spirit out of the flesh , either on moral or on secular \ questions , was about as unwise as it would be to give one's self up to the control of a ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abolitionism Abolitionist arms Artful Dodger asked Aylesford barouche beautiful believe Berwick Berwick family Blake called Captain carriage Charles Charlton child Clara Colonel Delancy Hyde Colonel Hyde colored cried cui bono damned Yankee dear door dress drew Esha Estelle exclaimed eyes face father gentleman Gentry girl give hair hand heard heart hour hunderd hundred dollars Josephine Kenrick kiss Kunnle Laura letter look Madame Volney Maloney Massa minutes mother mulatto negro never nigger Number once Onslow Orleans passed Pat Maloney Peek Perdita person pocket Pompilard Pontiac poor quadroon Quattles Ratcliff replied returned Ripper Robson seemed Semmes slave slavery soon Street suddenly tell thar there's thought thousand dollars tion told took Toussaint Vance walked wife Wigman window Winslow woman words wounded Yankee
Referencias a este libro
Calls and Responses: The American Novel of Slavery Since Gone with the Wind Tim A. Ryan Vista previa limitada - 2008 |