An Englishman's Travels in America: His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States |
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Page 55
... of Buffalo are people of colour , and one quarter of the town is almost exclusively inhabited by them ; many of these , I regret to add , are living in a state of degradation 56 A RICH MULATTO , pitiable to behold , apparently.
... of Buffalo are people of colour , and one quarter of the town is almost exclusively inhabited by them ; many of these , I regret to add , are living in a state of degradation 56 A RICH MULATTO , pitiable to behold , apparently.
Page 92
... living as a retired citizen - his wife's jointure , and an allowance from Government , allowing him to keep up a tolerably good establishment . He was the owner of several slaves , and , amongst the rest , a young woman who was employed ...
... living as a retired citizen - his wife's jointure , and an allowance from Government , allowing him to keep up a tolerably good establishment . He was the owner of several slaves , and , amongst the rest , a young woman who was employed ...
Page 94
... living with the brutes ; " to which I replied in terms he could not misunderstand , and at once left the house , deter- mined never again to enter it - a resolution I religiously kept . I afterwards heard that this miserable creature ...
... living with the brutes ; " to which I replied in terms he could not misunderstand , and at once left the house , deter- mined never again to enter it - a resolution I religiously kept . I afterwards heard that this miserable creature ...
Page 109
... living in the south but have , at some time or other , wit- nessed the barbarities used at a negro execution , sudden death by pistol or bowie knife being far preferable to the brutal sneers and indignities heaped upon the victim by the ...
... living in the south but have , at some time or other , wit- nessed the barbarities used at a negro execution , sudden death by pistol or bowie knife being far preferable to the brutal sneers and indignities heaped upon the victim by the ...
Page 194
... living in the south , she was a pampered worldling , entirely engrossed by principles of self - interest , and little regarding the welfare of her dependents , if not , as I have before observed , very severe towards them . She died ...
... living in the south , she was a pampered worldling , entirely engrossed by principles of self - interest , and little regarding the welfare of her dependents , if not , as I have before observed , very severe towards them . She died ...
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Page 131 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted!
Page 32 - THE STEAMBOAT SEE how yon flaming herald treads The ridged and rolling waves, As, crashing o'er their crested heads, She bows her surly slaves ! With foam before and fire behind, She rends the clinging sea, That flies before the roaring wind Beneath her hissing lee. The morning spray, like sea-born flowers, With heaped and glistening bells, Falls round her fast, in ringing showers, With every wave that swells ; And, burning o'er the midnight deep, In lurid fringes thrown, The living gems of ocean...
Page 189 - Jonathan he composed a tune, and with much gravity recommended it to the officers, as one of the most celebrated airs of martial music. The joke took, to the no small amusement of the British corps. Brother Jonathan exclaimed it was nation fine...
Page 1 - A few short hours, and he will rise To give the morrow birth ; And I shall hail the main and skies, But not my mother earth. Deserted is my own good hall, Its hearth is desolate ; Wild weeds are gathering on the wall, My dog howls at the gate.
Page 188 - ... on the left of the British Army — some with long coats, some with short coats, and others with no coats at all...