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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... women from Maids . The Maids you shall alwayes see the fore part of their head and sides shaven close , the hinder part very long , which they tie in a pleate hanging downe to their hips . The married women weares their haire all of a ...
... women gave of the Indians , was , that they pointed to the south - east with their hands , which they knew not how to interpret , but did imagine by their several gestures , they would be with them again to morrow . Their pointing to ...
... Women of France , which are much more chast than their own Ladies , which they keep under the strictest confinement ... Women undress their Children to clean them and shift their Linnen , so they do theirs to wash and grease them . The ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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