Virginia Reader: a Treasury of Writings from the First Voyages to the PresentFrancis Coleman Rosenberger Excerpt from Virginia Reader: A Treasury of Writings, From the First Voyages to the Present Richard henry lee (1782-1794) address TO the virginia house OF burgesses On the motion to lay so heavy a duty on the importation of slaves as effectually to put an end to that iniquitous and dis graceful traffic within the colony of Virginia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... quarter , with one hundred Savages armed , which garded him in a very warlike manner with Bowes and Arrowes , thinking at that time to execute their villany . Paspihae made great signes to us to lay our Armes away . But we would not ...
... quarter , where master Hogen was tenant upon halves . Here were no great marks of industry , the weeds being near as high as the corn . My islands run up within a little way of this place , which will expose them to the inroad of the ...
... quarter . Nevertheless , it was our fortune to fall upon the Hico again , and then kept within sight of it several miles together , till we came near the mouth . Its banks were high and full of precipices on the east side , but it ...
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INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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