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At the end of the contract time they received their freedom and some wages . Children indentured into service received their freedom when they reached their teens . If a servant was found guilty of any misdeed , he was usually punished ...
At the end of the contract time they received their freedom and some wages . Children indentured into service received their freedom when they reached their teens . If a servant was found guilty of any misdeed , he was usually punished ...
Page 66
The boat was later shipwrecked and Margaret Garner , eluding her captors and would - be rescuers , was finally able to find freedom in death . Apart from individual desperate instances such as this of resistance to slavery , there were ...
The boat was later shipwrecked and Margaret Garner , eluding her captors and would - be rescuers , was finally able to find freedom in death . Apart from individual desperate instances such as this of resistance to slavery , there were ...
Page 67
She was freed with her youngest child , but learned that her boy , Peter , was still enslaved , although his owner had promised him his freedom . Determined to save him , Belle took the daring step of suing for his freedom in the state ...
She was freed with her youngest child , but learned that her boy , Peter , was still enslaved , although his owner had promised him his freedom . Determined to save him , Belle took the daring step of suing for his freedom in the state ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |