ISBN: 123649167X

[EAN: 9781236491671], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], CHARLES SUMNER,UNITED STATES, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 104 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic b… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781236491671], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], CHARLES SUMNER,UNITED STATES, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 104 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: . . . which had been freshly plucked in the gardens of Carthage; bounded on the east by Egypt, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south by the vast, indefinite, sandy, flinty wastes of Sahara, separating them from Soudan or Negroland. In the advantages of position they surpass every other part of Africa, --unless, perhaps, we except Egypt, --communicating easily with the Christian nations, and thus, as it were, touching the very hem and border of civilization. Climate adds its attractions to this region, which is removed from the cold of the north and the burning heats of the tropics, while it is enriched with oranges, citrons, olives, figs, pomegranates, and luxuriant flowers. Its position and character invite a singular and suggestive comparison. It is placed between the twenty-ninth and thirty-eighth degrees of north latitude, occupying nearly the same parallels with the Slave States of our Union. It extends over nearly the same number of degrees of longitude with our Slave States, which seem, now alas! to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the. Rio Grande. It is supposed to embrace about 700, 000 square miles, which cannot be far from the space comprehended by what may be called the Barbary States of America. Nor does the comparison end here. Jefferson without recognizing the general parallel, alludes to Virginia as fast sinking to be the Barbary of the Union. Writings, Vol. IV. , p. 333. Algiers, for a long time the most obnoxious place in the Barbary States of Africa, the chief seat of Christian slavery, and once branded by an indignant chronicler as the wall of the barbarian world, is situated near the parallel of 36 30 north latitude, being the line of what is termed the Missouri Compromise, marking the. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

2012, ISBN: 123649167X

[EAN: 9781236491671], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781236491671], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: . which had been freshly plucked in the gardens of Carthage; bounded on the east by Egypt, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south by the vast, indefinite, sandy, flinty wastes of Sahara, separating them from Soudan or Negroland. In the advantages of position they surpass every other part of Africa, --unless, perhaps, we except Egypt, --communicating easily with the Christian nations, and thus, as it were, touching the very hem and border of civilization. Climate adds its attractions to this region, which is removed from the cold of the north and the burning heats of the tropics, while it is enriched with oranges, citrons, olives, figs, pomegranates, and luxuriant flowers. Its position and character invite a singular and suggestive comparison. It is placed between the twenty-ninth and thirty-eighth degrees of north latitude, occupying nearly the same parallels with the Slave States of our Union. It extends over nearly the same number of degrees of longitude with our Slave States, which seem, now alas! to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the. Rio Grande. It is supposed to embrace about 700,000 square miles, which cannot be far from the space comprehended by what may be called the Barbary States of America. Nor does the comparison end here. Jefferson without recognizing the general parallel, alludes to Virginia as fast sinking to be the Barbary of the Union. Writings, Vol. IV., p. 333. Algiers, for a long time the most obnoxious place in the Barbary States of Africa, the chief seat of Christian slavery, and once branded by an indignant chronicler as the wall of the barbarian world, is situated near the parallel of 36 30 north latitude, being the line of what is termed the Missouri Compromise, marking the.<

2012, ISBN: 123649167X

[EAN: 9781236491671], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781236491671], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: . which had been freshly plucked in the gardens of Carthage; bounded on the east by Egypt, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south by the vast, indefinite, sandy, flinty wastes of Sahara, separating them from Soudan or Negroland. In the advantages of position they surpass every other part of Africa, --unless, perhaps, we except Egypt, --communicating easily with the Christian nations, and thus, as it were, touching the very hem and border of civilization. Climate adds its attractions to this region, which is removed from the cold of the north and the burning heats of the tropics, while it is enriched with oranges, citrons, olives, figs, pomegranates, and luxuriant flowers. Its position and character invite a singular and suggestive comparison. It is placed between the twenty-ninth and thirty-eighth degrees of north latitude, occupying nearly the same parallels with the Slave States of our Union. It extends over nearly the same number of degrees of longitude with our Slave States, which seem, now alas! to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the. Rio Grande. It is supposed to embrace about 700,000 square miles, which cannot be far from the space comprehended by what may be called the Barbary States of America. Nor does the comparison end here. Jefferson without recognizing the general parallel, alludes to Virginia as fast sinking to be the Barbary of the Union. Writings, Vol. IV., p. 333. Algiers, for a long time the most obnoxious place in the Barbary States of Africa, the chief seat of Christian slavery, and once branded by an indignant chronicler as the wall of the barbarian world, is situated near the parallel of 36 30 north latitude, being the line of what is termed the Missouri Compromise, marking the.<

ISBN: 9781236491671

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