The Journal of Negro History, Količina 5

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Carter Godwin Woodson, Rayford Whittingham Logan
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1920
The scope of the Journal include the broad range of the study of Afro-American life and history.

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Stran 413 - All territory, places, and possessions whatsoever taken by either party from the other during the war or which may be taken after the signing of this treaty excepting only the islands hereinafter mentioned, shall be restored without delay...
Stran 325 - there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted...
Stran 277 - And should I at your harmless innocence Melt as I do, yet public reason just, Honour and empire with revenge enlarged, By conquering this new world, compels me now To do what else, though damned, I should abhor." So spake the fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
Stran 356 - ... the evidence be deemed sufficient to sustain the charge, it shall be the duty of the examining judge or magistrate to certify the same to the proper Executive authority, that a warrant may issue for the surrender of such fugitive.
Stran 276 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Stran 219 - The calm deliberate composure with which he spoke of his late deeds and intentions, the expression of his fiend-like face when excited by enthusiasm, still bearing the stains of the blood of helpless innocence about him ; clothed with rags and covered with chains ; yet daring to raise his manacled hands to heaven, with a spirit soaring above the attributes of man; I looked on him and my blood curdled in my veins.
Stran 397 - THERE shall be a firm and perpetual peace between His Britannic Majesty and the said States, and between the subjects of the one and the citizens of the other...
Stran 211 - I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged in battle, and the sun was darkened ; the thunder rolled in the heavens, and blood flowed in streams; and I heard a voice saying, " Such is your luck, such you are called to see ; and let it come, rough or smooth, you must surely bear it.
Stran 59 - A sheriff shall be elected in each county by the qualified electors thereof, who shall hold his office for the term of three years, unless sooner removed, and who shall not be eligible to serve either as principal or deputy for the three succeeding years.
Stran 342 - I do not mean, however, by this request, that such violent measures should be used AS WOULD EXCITE A MOB OR RIOT, WHICH MIGHT BE THE CASE IF SHE HAS ADHERENTS, OR EVEN UNEASY SENSATIONS IN THE MINDS OF WELL-DISPOSED CITIZENS. Rather than either of these should happen, I would forego her services altogether; and the example, also, which is of infinite more importance.

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