Four Years of Fighting: A Volume of Personal Observation with the Army and Navy, from the First Battle of Bull Run to the Fall of RichmondTicknor and Fields, 1866 - 558 Seiten |
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... Negroes for Sale . Women of South Carolina in Favor of Secession . The Charleston Mercury . — The " Patriarchal Institution - CHAPTER XXVIII . SUMTER . - Governor Pickens's Letter to President Buchanan . - Major Anderson in Sumter ...
... Negroes for Sale . Women of South Carolina in Favor of Secession . The Charleston Mercury . — The " Patriarchal Institution - CHAPTER XXVIII . SUMTER . - Governor Pickens's Letter to President Buchanan . - Major Anderson in Sumter ...
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... negroes who came into his camp , calling them " contraband of war . " Men , were beginning to discuss the propriety of not only retaining , but of seizing , the slaves of those who were in arms against the government . The Rebels were ...
... negroes who came into his camp , calling them " contraband of war . " Men , were beginning to discuss the propriety of not only retaining , but of seizing , the slaves of those who were in arms against the government . The Rebels were ...
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... negroes , he said : " They steal all they can lay their hands on ; and since the Yankee troops have been in camp round here , they are ten times as bad as they used to be . My chickens are fast disap- pearing . The officers buy them , I ...
... negroes , he said : " They steal all they can lay their hands on ; and since the Yankee troops have been in camp round here , they are ten times as bad as they used to be . My chickens are fast disap- pearing . The officers buy them , I ...
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... negroes were beginning to show themselves useful . A detachment of the Thirteenth Massachusetts , commanded by Major Gould , was stationed on the upper Potomac . A negro slave , belonging in Winchester , came into the lines . He was ...
... negroes were beginning to show themselves useful . A detachment of the Thirteenth Massachusetts , commanded by Major Gould , was stationed on the upper Potomac . A negro slave , belonging in Winchester , came into the lines . He was ...
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... negroes about town , without a master , always had been dealt with in that manner . The police , when the slaves had been reclaimed , had been sure of their pay , or if they were sold , their pay came from the auctioneer . When they saw ...
... negroes about town , without a master , always had been dealt with in that manner . The police , when the slaves had been reclaimed , had been sure of their pay , or if they were sold , their pay came from the auctioneer . When they saw ...
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