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... five cents in cash , and had to borrow enough to satisfy the demands of the law . But he knew well the worth and common sense of the woman he was to marry . ..She was as poor in worldly goods as himself ; but 14 WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT.
... five cents in cash , and had to borrow enough to satisfy the demands of the law . But he knew well the worth and common sense of the woman he was to marry . ..She was as poor in worldly goods as himself ; but 14 WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT.
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... five or six years in the home of one John Stewart , working at first in the house but afterwards hiring her time . She performed the most arduous labor in order to get the fifty or sixty dollars ordinarily exacted of a woman in her ...
... five or six years in the home of one John Stewart , working at first in the house but afterwards hiring her time . She performed the most arduous labor in order to get the fifty or sixty dollars ordinarily exacted of a woman in her ...
Page 51
... - in Liberia . With- in two or three years of Nora Gordon's re- turn in 1893 , moreover , not less than five na- tive African girls had come to Spelman . The 2 spirit still abides , and if the way were NORA GORDON 51.
... - in Liberia . With- in two or three years of Nora Gordon's re- turn in 1893 , moreover , not less than five na- tive African girls had come to Spelman . The 2 spirit still abides , and if the way were NORA GORDON 51.
Page 52
... five hundred years since a prince of Portugal began the slave - trade on the west coast of Africa . Within two hundred years all of the leading countries of western Europe had joined in the iniqui- tous traffic , and when England in ...
... five hundred years since a prince of Portugal began the slave - trade on the west coast of Africa . Within two hundred years all of the leading countries of western Europe had joined in the iniqui- tous traffic , and when England in ...
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... five girls , Mrs. Bethune began what is now the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls . By means of concerts and festivals the first payment of five dollars was made on the present site , then an old dump- pile . With ...
... five girls , Mrs. Bethune began what is now the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls . By means of concerts and festivals the first payment of five dollars was made on the present site , then an old dump- pile . With ...
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