| Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1885 - 684 pages
...stretch away from the borders of New York into the Southern States. ' These mountains,' he said, ' are the basis of my plan. God has given the strength...they were placed here for the emancipation of the uegro race ; they are full of natural forts, where one man for defence will be equal to a hundred for... | |
| Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1891 - 698 pages
...stretch away from the borders of New York into the Southern States. ' These mountains,' he s;\id, ' are the basis of my plan. God has given the strength...a. hundred for attack ; they are full also of good hiding-places, where large numbers of brave men could be concealed, and baffle and elnde pursuit for... | |
| Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1891 - 688 pages
...stretch away from the borders of New York into the Southern States. ' These mountains,' he said, ' arc the basis of my plan. God has given the strength of...here for the emancipation of the negro race ; they arg full of natural forts, where one man for defence will be equal to a hundred for attack ; they are... | |
| 1893 - 770 pages
...fugitive slaves !" he had once exclaimed, while at another time he had said, with profound earnestness: " God has given the strength of the hills to freedom....placed here for the emancipation of the negro race." 526 527 Brown was almost six feet in height of slender, wiry build and giving the impression of unusual... | |
| Frederic May Holland - 1891 - 436 pages
...Alleghanies, stretching away from New York into the Southern States. ' These mountains,' he said, ' are the basis of my plan. God has given the strength of these hills to freedom. They were placed here by the Almighty for the emancipation of your race. They... | |
| 1893 - 868 pages
...fugitive slaves !" he had once exclaimed, while at another time he had said, with profound earnestness: " God has given the strength of the hills to freedom....placed here for the emancipation of the negro race." Brown was almost six feet in height of slender, wiry build and giving the impression of unusual strength.... | |
| George Spring Merriam - 1906 - 482 pages
...of mountains stretching from the border of New York toward the Gulf. " These mountains," he said, " are the basis of my plan. God has given the strength...they are full of natural forts, where one man for defense will be equal to one hundred for attack; they are full also of good hiding-places, where large... | |
| William Edward Burghardt Du Bois - 1909 - 428 pages
...which stretch away from the borders of New York into the Southern states. " 'These mountains,' he said, 'are the basis of my plan. God has given the strength...they are full of natural forts, where one man for defense will be equal to a hundred for attack ; they are full also of good hiding-places, where large... | |
| John Brown - 1910 - 686 pages
...away from the borders of New York the Southern States. ' These mountains,' he said, ' are the basis ly plan. God has given the strength of the hills to freedom ; they ,', placed here for the emancipation of the negro race ; they are of natural forts, where one man for... | |
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