America: A HistoryT. Nelson and sons, 1882 - 564 pagini |
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... trade was fighting turned gladly in this idle time to the world where boundless wealth was to be wrung from the grasp of unwarlike barbarians . England and France had missed the splendid prize which Columbus had won for Spain . They ...
... trade was fighting turned gladly in this idle time to the world where boundless wealth was to be wrung from the grasp of unwarlike barbarians . England and France had missed the splendid prize which Columbus had won for Spain . They ...
Pagina 22
... trade . The Company sent out an expedition which sailed in three small vessels . It con- sisted of one hundred and five men . Of these one - half were gentlemen of broken fortune ; some were tradesmen ; others were footmen . Only a very ...
... trade . The Company sent out an expedition which sailed in three small vessels . It con- sisted of one hundred and five men . Of these one - half were gentlemen of broken fortune ; some were tradesmen ; others were footmen . Only a very ...
Pagina 58
... trade was an early result of the discovery of America . To utilize the vast possessions which Columbus had bestowed upon her , Spain deemed that compulsory labour was indispensable . The natives of the country naturally fell the SLAVERY,
... trade was an early result of the discovery of America . To utilize the vast possessions which Columbus had bestowed upon her , Spain deemed that compulsory labour was indispensable . The natives of the country naturally fell the SLAVERY,
Pagina 60
... trade was a gainful one . The five stolen men were conveyed safely home again . This was the opening of our African slave - trade . Then , for the first time , did our fathers feel the dark temptation , and thus hesitatingly did they at ...
... trade was a gainful one . The five stolen men were conveyed safely home again . This was the opening of our African slave - trade . Then , for the first time , did our fathers feel the dark temptation , and thus hesitatingly did they at ...
Pagina 61
... trade established in England . Three centuries after , we look with horror and remorse upon the results which have followed , In most of the colonies there was unquestionably a desire for the introduction of the negro . But ere many ...
... trade established in England . Three centuries after , we look with horror and remorse upon the results which have followed , In most of the colonies there was unquestionably a desire for the introduction of the negro . But ere many ...
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Acadie American arms army attack battle became British Canada Canadian ceased CHAPTER Church close coast colonies colonists command Confederate Congress continent Cortes cotton Cuba Cusco defeat defence despotism dominion endured enemy England English Europe European evil Federal fell fight force forests France French gained gold Government Governor Gulf of Mexico Hispaniola hope Hudson Bay Company hundred Inca increased independence Indians industrial island King labour Lake Lake Winnipeg land Lawrence length liberty Lower Canada M'Clellan ment Mexican Mexico miles million sterling Mississippi nation native negroes neighbours Newfoundland North Northern Nova Scotia passed peace Peru Pizarro political population possession President provinces Quebec railway rebel rebellion river savages scarcely sent settlements settlers ships slave-owners slavery slaves soil soldiers sought South Southern Spain Spaniards Spanish strife success suffered territory thousand tion town trade troops Union Upper Canada valley vast victory Washington wealth
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Pagina 193 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Pagina 204 - He sincerely hopes that your views and your action may so accord with his as to assure all faithful citizens who have been disturbed in their rights of a certain and speedy restoration to them, under the Constitution and the laws. And having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.
Pagina 216 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Pagina 248 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support...
Pagina 239 - And then there will be some black men who can remember that with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and wellpoised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation, while I fear there will be some white ones unable to forget that with malignant heart and deceitful speech they strove to hinder it.
Pagina 230 - He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps; They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps: His day is marching on. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel; "As ye deal with my condemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God...
Pagina 93 - Howe gazed at the mushroom fortress with astonishment, as it loomed indistinctly, but grandly, through a morning fog. " The rebels," exclaimed he, " have done more work in one night, than my whole army would have done in one month.
Pagina 229 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Pagina 69 - Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Pagina 121 - The scene is at last closed. I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues.