An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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... passed by to help him to a drink of water . A number of white peo- ple passed , and instead of being moved by the poor man's distress they hurried , as fast as they could , out of the sound of his cries , until at length a gentleman who ...
... passed by to help him to a drink of water . A number of white peo- ple passed , and instead of being moved by the poor man's distress they hurried , as fast as they could , out of the sound of his cries , until at length a gentleman who ...
Page 95
... passing , passing . My tearful eyes my soul's deep hurt are glassing ; For I would hail and check that ship of ships . I stretch my hands imploring , cry aloud , My voice falls dead a foot from mine own lips , And but its ghost doth ...
... passing , passing . My tearful eyes my soul's deep hurt are glassing ; For I would hail and check that ship of ships . I stretch my hands imploring , cry aloud , My voice falls dead a foot from mine own lips , And but its ghost doth ...
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... passed through it during the War . Pa said he didn't see much of it , it being so near dinner time and his rolls was ... passing through his cornfield he'd fill their hide full of buckshots , but I couldn't talk no sense to Granma . I ...
... passed through it during the War . Pa said he didn't see much of it , it being so near dinner time and his rolls was ... passing through his cornfield he'd fill their hide full of buckshots , but I couldn't talk no sense to Granma . I ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
Copyright | |
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