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Page 108
... girl ! You really appear to have lost your reason . I would not behave so for all the negroes in Mississippi . ' ' My dear , ' said Franks , ' I have been watching the conduct of that girl for some time past ; she is becoming both ...
... girl ! You really appear to have lost your reason . I would not behave so for all the negroes in Mississippi . ' ' My dear , ' said Franks , ' I have been watching the conduct of that girl for some time past ; she is becoming both ...
Page 236
... girl stood with tearful eyes , looking alternately at her mother and sister and toward the young man whom she hoped would become her purchaser . " The chastity of this girl , " now continued the auctioneer , " is pure . She has never ...
... girl stood with tearful eyes , looking alternately at her mother and sister and toward the young man whom she hoped would become her purchaser . " The chastity of this girl , " now continued the auctioneer , " is pure . She has never ...
Page 312
... girl had caused their feelings to be kept from the young lady's parents . The day of sale came , and Mr. Morton ... girls were sold , one for two thousand three hundred , and the other for two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars ...
... girl had caused their feelings to be kept from the young lady's parents . The day of sale came , and Mr. Morton ... girls were sold , one for two thousand three hundred , and the other for two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars ...
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Part I | 17 |
Part II | 42 |
Rage in the Fiction of Martin Delany | 79 |
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