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Page 15
... guests ' rooms . Guests who had received such treat- inent returned again and brought their friends with them . " In course of time Mr. and Mrs. Berry came to own the leading hotel in Athens , one of fifty rooms and of INTRODUCTION 15.
... guests ' rooms . Guests who had received such treat- inent returned again and brought their friends with them . " In course of time Mr. and Mrs. Berry came to own the leading hotel in Athens , one of fifty rooms and of INTRODUCTION 15.
Page 17
... brought about within the last few years , largely as a result of war conditions , are remarkable . As Mary E. Jackson , writing in the Crisis , has said : " Indiana reports [ Negro women ] in glass works ; in Ohio they are found on the ...
... brought about within the last few years , largely as a result of war conditions , are remarkable . As Mary E. Jackson , writing in the Crisis , has said : " Indiana reports [ Negro women ] in glass works ; in Ohio they are found on the ...
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... brought away a sister and two children . A few months afterwards she took away a brother and two other men . In De- cember , 1851 , she led out a party of eleven , among them being another brother and his wife . With these she journeyed ...
... brought away a sister and two children . A few months afterwards she took away a brother and two other men . In De- cember , 1851 , she led out a party of eleven , among them being another brother and his wife . With these she journeyed ...
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... brought them down to New York , and settled them in a home in Auburn , N. Y. , that she had purchased on very reasonable terms from Secretary Seward . Somewhat later a mort- gage on the place had to be lifted and Harriet now made a ...
... brought them down to New York , and settled them in a home in Auburn , N. Y. , that she had purchased on very reasonable terms from Secretary Seward . Somewhat later a mort- gage on the place had to be lifted and Harriet now made a ...
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... brought away with her seven fugitives , one of them an infant . After the war Harriet Tubman made Auburn her home , establishing there a ref- uge for aged Negroes . She married again , so that she is sometimes referred to as Harriet ...
... brought away with her seven fugitives , one of them an infant . After the war Harriet Tubman made Auburn her home , establishing there a ref- uge for aged Negroes . She married again , so that she is sometimes referred to as Harriet ...
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