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Page 166
... river is that class . Placed in positions the most favorable to witness the pleasures enjoyed by others , the tendency is only to augment their own wretched- ness . Fastened by the unyielding links of the iron cable of despot- ism ...
... river is that class . Placed in positions the most favorable to witness the pleasures enjoyed by others , the tendency is only to augment their own wretched- ness . Fastened by the unyielding links of the iron cable of despot- ism ...
Page 191
... river . At first they intended to ford , but like the rivers generally of the South , its depth and other contingencies made it necessary to seek some other means . After consultation in a canebreak , day beginning to dawn , walking ...
... river . At first they intended to ford , but like the rivers generally of the South , its depth and other contingencies made it necessary to seek some other means . After consultation in a canebreak , day beginning to dawn , walking ...
Page 196
... river . This point being the southern part of Missouri but a short distance above the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi , the last named river had , of necessity , to be passed , being to the fugitives only practicable by means of ...
... river . This point being the southern part of Missouri but a short distance above the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi , the last named river had , of necessity , to be passed , being to the fugitives only practicable by means of ...
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Part I | 17 |
Part II | 42 |
Rage in the Fiction of Martin Delany | 79 |
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