No More Lies: The Myth and the Reality of American HistoryHarper & Row, 1971 - 311 pagina's Explodes such American myths as free elections, the Mason-Dixon line, free enterprise, Emancipation, and the Puritan Pilgrims. |
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Pagina 101
... master and turn an impossible situation to his own advantage . One tale tells how Old John's master made a wager of a few thousand dollars that Old John could whip the most powerful black man on a neighboring plantation . On the day of ...
... master and turn an impossible situation to his own advantage . One tale tells how Old John's master made a wager of a few thousand dollars that Old John could whip the most powerful black man on a neighboring plantation . On the day of ...
Pagina 102
... master's wife and slapped her across the face . His opponent pulled up his stake and ran away as fast as he could . Of course , Old John's master was outraged and demanded an explanation of such im- pudent behavior . Old John coolly ...
... master's wife and slapped her across the face . His opponent pulled up his stake and ran away as fast as he could . Of course , Old John's master was outraged and demanded an explanation of such im- pudent behavior . Old John coolly ...
Pagina 125
... master : Anytime ol ' massa got a slave that been cuttin ' up or something , he tell Gabe to give that slave a lashin ' . Sometime he come down to the barn to watch it , but most time he just set on the porch and listen to the blows ...
... master : Anytime ol ' massa got a slave that been cuttin ' up or something , he tell Gabe to give that slave a lashin ' . Sometime he come down to the barn to watch it , but most time he just set on the porch and listen to the blows ...
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The Myth of the Puritan Pilgrim I | 1 |
The Myth of the Savage | 31 |
The Myth of the Founding Fathers | 64 |
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