The Best American EssaysHoughton Mifflin Company, 2002 |
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193. oldal
... slavery . And like those men , Carter spent the 1780s acknowledging that slavery was wrong , but also arguing that freeing the slaves was im- practicable . At that moment in American history , however , the ar- gument that large private ...
... slavery . And like those men , Carter spent the 1780s acknowledging that slavery was wrong , but also arguing that freeing the slaves was im- practicable . At that moment in American history , however , the ar- gument that large private ...
199. oldal
... slaves freed every January 1 , with a series of painstaking amendments : first , that " the Oldest of my Slaves be the first emancipated " ; sec- ond , that all “ Male and Female Slaves ... under the Ages of 21 and 18 Years " would be ...
... slaves freed every January 1 , with a series of painstaking amendments : first , that " the Oldest of my Slaves be the first emancipated " ; sec- ond , that all “ Male and Female Slaves ... under the Ages of 21 and 18 Years " would be ...
206. oldal
... slaves like a civic sin . Publicly , they kept quiet , assigning to emanci- pation the aura of a taboo . Privately , they derided the emancipa- tors : Warner Mifflin , a Quaker who freed his slaves , wrote that “ it was then circulated ...
... slaves like a civic sin . Publicly , they kept quiet , assigning to emanci- pation the aura of a taboo . Privately , they derided the emancipa- tors : Warner Mifflin , a Quaker who freed his slaves , wrote that “ it was then circulated ...
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