Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c. Relating to Its History and Antiquities ; Together with Geographical and Statistical Descriptions ; to which is Appended, an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the District of Columbia ...Wm. R. Babcock, 1852 - 544 páginas |
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... slaves . The climate in this region is very healthy . The soil in the tidewater country is generally poor , producing Indian corn , oats , and peas . Wheat is raised in some parts of it , and a little rice in the swamps in its southern ...
... slaves . The climate in this region is very healthy . The soil in the tidewater country is generally poor , producing Indian corn , oats , and peas . Wheat is raised in some parts of it , and a little rice in the swamps in its southern ...
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... SLAVERY AND TOBACCO . The following relates to the introduction of slaves , and the cultivation of tobacco , with their influence on the character and condition of the inhabitants of Virginia . It is drawn from the Life of Jefferson ...
... SLAVERY AND TOBACCO . The following relates to the introduction of slaves , and the cultivation of tobacco , with their influence on the character and condition of the inhabitants of Virginia . It is drawn from the Life of Jefferson ...
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... slave labor was found preferable to that of indented white ser- vants , partly because the negro slaves were more cheaply fed and clothed than the labor- ers who were of the same race as the masters , but principally because they were ...
... slave labor was found preferable to that of indented white ser- vants , partly because the negro slaves were more cheaply fed and clothed than the labor- ers who were of the same race as the masters , but principally because they were ...
Página 135
... slaves ; and while those lands furnished most of the materials of a generous , and even profuse hospitality , they could be consumed only where they were produced , and could neither be transported to a distance , nor converted into ...
... slaves ; and while those lands furnished most of the materials of a generous , and even profuse hospitality , they could be consumed only where they were produced , and could neither be transported to a distance , nor converted into ...
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... slaves , forty - six in number , charging his estate with the expense of transporting them to Liberia , April 7. - At Philadelphia , in his 73d year , James Brown , who was born in Virginia in Oct. 1766. In 1812 , he was elected a ...
... slaves , forty - six in number , charging his estate with the expense of transporting them to Liberia , April 7. - At Philadelphia , in his 73d year , James Brown , who was born in Virginia in Oct. 1766. In 1812 , he was elected a ...
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Página 108 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it ; I have killed many ; I have fully glutted my vengeance ; for my country 1 rejoice at the beams of peace.
Página 381 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
Página 144 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Página 410 - Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" — the voice of the preacher, which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until, his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings, he raised his handkerchief to his eyes, and burst into a loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable.
Página 327 - This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic. Yet here, as in the neighborhood of the Natural Bridge, are people who have passed their lives within half a dozen miles, and have never been to survey these monuments of a war between rivers and mountains, which must have shaken the earth itself to its centre.
Página 289 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason," cried the Speaker — " treason, treason ", echoed from every part of the House.
Página 169 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Página 108 - During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 99 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Página 100 - I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings, without having it in my power to give them further relief, than uncertain promises. In short, I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light, that, unless vigorous measures are taken by the Assembly, and speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants that are now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.