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... colonies , and its origin had no connection with negro slavery . In our mother - country of Great Britain , whose boast it was that no slave could breathe her air and remain a slave , a cadet of the highest house in the land - Pembroke ...
... colonies , and its origin had no connection with negro slavery . In our mother - country of Great Britain , whose boast it was that no slave could breathe her air and remain a slave , a cadet of the highest house in the land - Pembroke ...
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... colonies , was in its form- ative state , and the truth no doubt is that it pre- sented every social contrast . There were certainly some grand homes in the tide - water section , and there were many refined , cultured people . The ...
... colonies , was in its form- ative state , and the truth no doubt is that it pre- sented every social contrast . There were certainly some grand homes in the tide - water section , and there were many refined , cultured people . The ...
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... colonies up the arduous road to nationality and empire . Out of the college halls of old William and Mary went forth into the many fields of human endeavor men as loftily worthy as ever made good presidents , good governors , good ...
... colonies up the arduous road to nationality and empire . Out of the college halls of old William and Mary went forth into the many fields of human endeavor men as loftily worthy as ever made good presidents , good governors , good ...
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... colonies . The mother country , it would seem , was governing her offspring in a parentally considerate manner , when certain wicked men , for sinister purposes , sowed seeds of discord , culti vated rebellion , and garnered ...
... colonies . The mother country , it would seem , was governing her offspring in a parentally considerate manner , when certain wicked men , for sinister purposes , sowed seeds of discord , culti vated rebellion , and garnered ...
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... colonies complained were such as other parent countries imposed upon their colonies , and that the American Smugglers , John Hancock & Co. , were at the bottom of the trouble . Broadly stated , the historical truth is that Great Britain ...
... colonies complained were such as other parent countries imposed upon their colonies , and that the American Smugglers , John Hancock & Co. , were at the bottom of the trouble . Broadly stated , the historical truth is that Great Britain ...
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