Word: slave
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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ISAAC FRANKLIN, SLAVE TRADER AND PLANTER OF THE OLD SOUTH-Wendell Holmes Stephenson-Louisiana State University Press...
After the War of 1812, Isaac Franklin made a fortune of $750,000 as a slave trader, had the finest house in Tennessee, six big plantations in Louisiana, 600 slaves. This academic biography with its voluminous notes and appendix is interesting for its detailed account of slave trading as a business...
...Case, he helped dig up the ransom money in Hauptmann's garage, wangled samples of Hauptmann's handwriting to match with the ransom notes. When the dirigible Akron was abuilding, he grew a beard and became a laborer to detect sabotage. For his work on a white slave ring in Connecticut (40 convictions), he was advanced to the highest pay bracket for G-Men privates ($4,800 a year). He was one of three among 670 G-Men to enjoy the top rating "Pre-eminent...
Freshmen who have learned to speak one of these languages abroad, and who think that they will have an easy time in the field because of this, are mistaken. While there are other students who slave away trying to learn to speak a language, yet the mere ability to speak it is of little value in satisfying the grammatical and literary requirements of the field. In fact several advanced courses are given in English. But the student who is reasonably conscientious about his work will find the department easier than most...
...Hungarian March, "Rakoczy"Berlioz *Overture to "Orpheus in Hades" Offenbach *Minuet (for Strings) Bolzoni *Marche Slave Tchaikovsky Wheeler Beckett, Guest Conductor *Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" Wagner Symphony No. 1, in C minor Beckett Burroughs Newsboys Harmonica Band "Night Froth," Rhapsody Peggy Stuart Fantasia, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Churchill-Bodge "Up the Street," March Morse *Selections, checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...