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Page 35
... terms of my father's will . Neither she nor my father ever sold one . Brought up as I was with the institution , I never questioned the right or the wrong of slavery until the incident of which I am about to speak , occurred . I saw a ...
... terms of my father's will . Neither she nor my father ever sold one . Brought up as I was with the institution , I never questioned the right or the wrong of slavery until the incident of which I am about to speak , occurred . I saw a ...
Page 45
... County was always proud of him and justly claimed him as the greatest man the county ever produced . The terms of his apprenticeship were that Brown- ing should furnish board and lodging and cloth- ing and Education 45.
... County was always proud of him and justly claimed him as the greatest man the county ever produced . The terms of his apprenticeship were that Brown- ing should furnish board and lodging and cloth- ing and Education 45.
Page 46
... term of the Circuit Court . One evening during the week he went out to " Billy Browning's , ' to visit with the family of his former master and to stay over night at the place that had been his home 99 during the time of his ...
... term of the Circuit Court . One evening during the week he went out to " Billy Browning's , ' to visit with the family of his former master and to stay over night at the place that had been his home 99 during the time of his ...
Page 52
... term was for three months at a salary of twenty dollars per month . At the expiration of the term I was employed at a salary of forty dollars to teach a district school in Warren County . In that and the adjoining district I taught for ...
... term was for three months at a salary of twenty dollars per month . At the expiration of the term I was employed at a salary of forty dollars to teach a district school in Warren County . In that and the adjoining district I taught for ...
Page 59
... terms each year and each term lasted for two or three weeks . When the courts , Circuit , Probate , and County were not in session , the little town was quiet indeed . Now and then I would appear before a Justice of the Peace and try a ...
... terms each year and each term lasted for two or three weeks . When the courts , Circuit , Probate , and County were not in session , the little town was quiet indeed . Now and then I would appear before a Justice of the Peace and try a ...
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