My Diary North and South - excerpt - Transcript.
| dc.contributor.author | Various | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-05T22:51:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-05T22:51:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1954 | |
| dc.description | 1 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | "The Americans on board were, of course, the most interesting passengers to one like myself, who was going out to visit the great Republic under very peculiar circumstances. There was, first, Major Garnett, a Virginian, who was going back to his State to follow her fortunes. He was an officer of the regular Army of the United States, who had served with distinction in Mexico; an accomplished, well-read man; reserved, and rather gloomy; full of the doctrine of States' Rights, and animated with a considerable feeling of contempt for the New Englanders, and with the strongest prejudices in favour of the institution of slavery. He laughed to scorn the doctrine that all men are born equal in the sense of all men having equal rights. Some were born to be slaves - some to be labourers in the lower strata above the slaves - others to follow useful mechanical arts - the rest were born to own their fellow-men...." | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | TRA-060-14-001 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/7800 | |
| dc.publisher | UNKNOWN | en_US |
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| dc.title | My Diary North and South - excerpt - Transcript. | en_US |
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