America, Its Realities and Resources: Comprising Important Details Connected with the Present Social, Political, Agricultural, Commercial, and Financial State of the Country, Its Laws and Customs, Together with a Review of the Policy of the United States that Led to the War of 1812, and Peace of 1814--the "right of Search," the Texas and Oregon Questions, Etc. Etc, Volume 2 |
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Page 5
... frequently have the Members of this House , " declares the Hon . Mr. Geddings , Member of Congress for Ohio , in his speech in the Hall of Representatives , February 13th , 1839 , " been compelled to turn aside from the path leading to ...
... frequently have the Members of this House , " declares the Hon . Mr. Geddings , Member of Congress for Ohio , in his speech in the Hall of Representatives , February 13th , 1839 , " been compelled to turn aside from the path leading to ...
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... by his own caprice , and the exercise of a frequently unsound discretion . The lash and driver's whip , are to him of indispen- sable use in his daily progress ; the avoidance of which , and the hope to escape the other punishments 28 ...
... by his own caprice , and the exercise of a frequently unsound discretion . The lash and driver's whip , are to him of indispen- sable use in his daily progress ; the avoidance of which , and the hope to escape the other punishments 28 ...
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... frequently flogged with terrible severity , have red pepper rubbed into their lacerated flesh , and hot brine , spirits of turpentine poured over the gashes to increase the torture ; that they are often stript naked , their backs and ...
... frequently flogged with terrible severity , have red pepper rubbed into their lacerated flesh , and hot brine , spirits of turpentine poured over the gashes to increase the torture ; that they are often stript naked , their backs and ...
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... frequent not done in corners , but before the sun ; not in one of the slave states , but in all of them ; not perpetrated by brutal overseers and drivers merely , but by magistrates , by legislators , by professors of religion , by ...
... frequent not done in corners , but before the sun ; not in one of the slave states , but in all of them ; not perpetrated by brutal overseers and drivers merely , but by magistrates , by legislators , by professors of religion , by ...
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... frequently made subject to the severest exactions , and by an arbitrary and tyrannic rule , are often " sold to bondage " under the mild and equitable dispensation of American justice . They are generally manumitted slaves , or else the ...
... frequently made subject to the severest exactions , and by an arbitrary and tyrannic rule , are often " sold to bondage " under the mild and equitable dispensation of American justice . They are generally manumitted slaves , or else the ...
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