An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 13
... land and made fires on the banks , each family by themselves . Some dragged their canoes on shore ; others stayed and cooked in theirs , and laid in them all night . Those on the land had mats , of which they made tents , some in the ...
... land and made fires on the banks , each family by themselves . Some dragged their canoes on shore ; others stayed and cooked in theirs , and laid in them all night . Those on the land had mats , of which they made tents , some in the ...
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... land to pacify us . They told us we were not to be eaten , but to work , and were soon to go on land , where we should see many of our country people . This report eased us much . And sure enough , soon after we were landed , there came ...
... land to pacify us . They told us we were not to be eaten , but to work , and were soon to go on land , where we should see many of our country people . This report eased us much . And sure enough , soon after we were landed , there came ...
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... land and a dense forest , with wild animals and insects such as are unknown in any other part of Virginia . Here runaway Negroes usually seek a hiding place , and some have been known to reside here for years . The revolters were joined ...
... land and a dense forest , with wild animals and insects such as are unknown in any other part of Virginia . Here runaway Negroes usually seek a hiding place , and some have been known to reside here for years . The revolters were joined ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
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