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... sent him to England , where he commenced his studies in a private school , and after- wards entered the University of Cambridge , where he made considerable progress in the mathematics , and other branches of science . 4. After several ...
... sent him to England , where he commenced his studies in a private school , and after- wards entered the University of Cambridge , where he made considerable progress in the mathematics , and other branches of science . 4. After several ...
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... sent to Richmond , where I was put in jail , and in irons , and from thence sent in a wagon back into the country . On the third day after we left Richmond , in 31 A Short Account of the Life of Capt Paul Cuffee Solomon Bayley.
... sent to Richmond , where I was put in jail , and in irons , and from thence sent in a wagon back into the country . On the third day after we left Richmond , in 31 A Short Account of the Life of Capt Paul Cuffee Solomon Bayley.
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... sent a strengthening thought into my heart - that He that made the heavens and the earth , was able to deliver me . I looked up to the sky , and then on the trees and ground , and I believed in a mo-- ment , that if He could make all ...
... sent a strengthening thought into my heart - that He that made the heavens and the earth , was able to deliver me . I looked up to the sky , and then on the trees and ground , and I believed in a mo-- ment , that if He could make all ...
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... sent to the West Indies . My mother was in the house at the time , but made her escape , leaving a child about eleven months old , which some kind friend carrying to › her , she took , and travelling through Delaware , 35.
... sent to the West Indies . My mother was in the house at the time , but made her escape , leaving a child about eleven months old , which some kind friend carrying to › her , she took , and travelling through Delaware , 35.
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... sent for her to come to the State of Delaware , and when we were brought to- gether , it was very comfortable , and we could sit and tell of the dangers and difficulties we had been brought through ; she lived to a great age , and ...
... sent for her to come to the State of Delaware , and when we were brought to- gether , it was very comfortable , and we could sit and tell of the dangers and difficulties we had been brought through ; she lived to a great age , and ...
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