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My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from…
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As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school.
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Of private differences personal to himself, my brother had none.
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THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.
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However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their…
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John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.
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Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the…
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In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.
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In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of…
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And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good…
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The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony…
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In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave…
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Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have…
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Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no…
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I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of…
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If I am happy inside, then I live in paradise no matter where my residence is.
— Mac Anderson
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I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up…
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My first experience in the Netherlands was very pleasant, extremely pleasant. I mean, I got my residence permit, refugee status, within four…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Since my residence at Tippecanoe, we have endeavored to level all distinctions, to destroy village chiefs, by whom all mischiefs are done.…
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And indeed, last week, the FBI executed a search warrant on my residence. This happened one day after my attorneys had left…
— Steven Hatfill
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I think because I've maintained my residence in New York, those kinds of films have been more accessible.
— Gretchen Mol
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Blowin' up her mobile phone so she can send you a box Son, I sit inside my residence and thank God I'm…
— Cormega
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