An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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... stood for the Sloop again and as soon as she came along side , the Indians on board the Sloop betook themselves to their Canoes , then set the Vessel on Fire , making a prodigious shouting and hallowing like so many Devils . As soon as ...
... stood for the Sloop again and as soon as she came along side , the Indians on board the Sloop betook themselves to their Canoes , then set the Vessel on Fire , making a prodigious shouting and hallowing like so many Devils . As soon as ...
Page 110
... stood in wide blurred blotches all across the way , and a great shadowy bird arose , wheeled and melted , murmuring , into the black- green sky . The boy wearily dropped his heavy bundle and stood still , listening as the voice of ...
... stood in wide blurred blotches all across the way , and a great shadowy bird arose , wheeled and melted , murmuring , into the black- green sky . The boy wearily dropped his heavy bundle and stood still , listening as the voice of ...
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... stood still , their hands raised not so high , their fingers working less rapidly and their faces expressing not quite so much happiness ; there were still others who did not move or raise their hands , but stood with great wrinkles on ...
... stood still , their hands raised not so high , their fingers working less rapidly and their faces expressing not quite so much happiness ; there were still others who did not move or raise their hands , but stood with great wrinkles on ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
Copyright | |
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