 | 1845 - 916 pagina’s
...less telling : — In order to see the bed of clay containing the bones of the mastodon, at Hayner's Bridge, it was necessary for me to be on the ground...the coloured race, who are said to be as excitable as they are ignorant. Many proprietors live with their wives and children quite isolated, in the midst... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1845 - 706 pagina’s
...other precautionary regulations^ equally irksome to the slaves and their masters, a[e_saidto~liave become necessary after an insurrection brought on...beasts of prey whom it would be meritorious to shoot IT hang, In this savage and determined spirit I heard some planters spea were mild in their manners,... | |
 | 1846 - 516 pagina’s
...irksome to tha slaves and their masters, are said to have become necessary after an insurrection bronght on by abolitionist missionaries, who are spoken of...incendiaries, or beasts of prey, whom it would be meritorions to shoot or li'mj. * * * Many proprietors live with their wives and children quite isolated... | |
 | 1846 - 526 pagina’s
...after an insurrection brought on by abolitionist missionaries, who are spoken of here in precisely tile same tone as incendiaries, or beasts of prey, whom it would be meritorious to shoot or hang. • • » » Many proprietors live with their wives and children quite isolated in the midst of the... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1902 - 712 pagina’s
...often perform no small part of the task, and far more effectively, with their own hands. . . . ... I left Savannah in the middle of the night. The owner...the coloured race, who are said to be as excitable as they are ignorant. Many proprietors live with their wives and children quite isolated in the midst... | |
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The owner of the property kindly lent me his black servant as a guide, and I found him provided with a passport, without which no slave can go out after dusk. The exact streets through which he was to pass in his way to me were prescribed, and had he... 