 | Walter Lynwood Fleming - 1905 - Страниц: 322
...Abandoned Land. Granby, Alabama, 9 Jan., 1866. Know all men by these presents, that a naught is a naught, and a figure is a figure; all for the white man, and none for the nigure. And whereas Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so also have I lifted this dd old... | |
 | South African Association for the Advancement of Science - 1907 - Страниц: 696
...they found agreeable. The dominant party at the North, the Republican, never rested until the \vhites of the South, the ex-Confederates, were disfranchised,...nigger out of four dollars and six bits. Amen ! Selah ! " In spite of desperate efforts to make the negro a permanent part of the political life of the country,... | |
 | Paul Leland Haworth - 1912 - Страниц: 264
...and their sale in the back districts continued for years. One pretended deed was in part as follows: "Know all men by these presents, that a nought is...is a figure; all for the white man and none for the nigure. And whereas Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so also have I lifted this d —... | |
 | Percy Keese Fitzhugh - 1919 - Страниц: 440
...property. These they treasured. One of them read: Know all men by these presents that a naught is a naught and a figure is a figure; all for the white man and...Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so I have lifted this old nigger out of four dollars and six bits. Another ran: This is to certify that... | |
 | Percy Keese Fitzhugh - 1919 - Страниц: 442
...Know all men by these presents that a naught is a naught and a figure is a figure; all for the wlu'te man and none for the nigger. And whereas Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so I have lifted this old mgger out of four dollars and six bits. Another ran: This is to certify that... | |
 | Paul Leland Haworth - 1925 - Страниц: 634
...expected to obtain his share on the day of division. The deed sold to one credulous negro read as follows: "Know all men by these presents, that a nought is...is a figure; all for the white man and none for the nigure. And whereas Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so also have I lifted this d —... | |
 | Charles Ellewyn George - 1922 - Страниц: 412
..."forty acres and a mule." This made them easy victims of sharpers. One such sold a negro a deed reading: "Know all men by these presents, that a nought is...serpent in the 'wilderness, so also have I lifted this dd old nigger out of four dollars and six bits. Amen! Selah!" (United States in Our Own Times, by Haworth.)... | |
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In certain quarters white sharpers reaped a rich harvest by selling to credulous freedmen the painted stakes, or "pre-emption rights," with which each must be provided if he expected to obtain his share on the day of division. The deed sold to one credulous... 