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  1.  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives / Work Projects Administration
    , Editor Jacksonville, Florida October 27, 1936 SAMUEL SIMEON ANDREWS For almost 30 years Edward Waters College ... of Jacksonville, has employed as watchman, Samuel Simeon Andrews (affectionately called "Parson"), a former slave  details...
  2.  Children of the Market Place / Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950
    from Illinois by the lawyer, who had advised this journey and my presence at Jacksonville, for that was the town ... service to Jacksonville. I could leave at noon for Albany if I wished. Accordingly, I made ready to do so  details...
  3.  Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics / Johnson, Allen, 1870-1931
    his path. He was now convinced that he must seek some small country town. Hearing that Jacksonville ... between the river and Jacksonville. Too fatigued to walk the intervening distance, Douglass mounted the lumbering  details...
  4.  The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man / Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
    you what you do, go down to Jacksonville and you won't have any trouble to get a job in one of the big hotels there, or in St. Augustine." I thanked him, but intimated my doubts of being able to get to Jacksonville ...  details...
  5.  Or, Wintering in the Sunny South / Hope, Laura Lee
    , he writes that he did not like the work in the mill, and getting a chance to go to Jacksonville, Florida, he took it and went without the formality of a good-bye." "What is he doing in Jacksonville?" asked ...  details...
  6.  Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days / Burton, Annie L., 1858-
    until our departure the next night for Jacksonville, Florida. I had decided to go to this place for the winter ... morning we got into Jacksonville. My idea was to get a place as chambermaid at Green Cove Springs, Florida  details...
  7.  The Lincoln-Douglas debates / Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
    he relied upon to substantiate it. This speech was published at length; and subsequently at Jacksonville ... that portion of Judge Douglas's speech made at Jacksonville in answer to it. I shall thereby furnish  details...
  8.  McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 / Various
    , reading a book, he met for the first time "Dick" Yates, then a college student at Jacksonville ... it in June, 1832, said that the houses were not as good as at Jacksonville, "a considerable proportion  details...
  9.  McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 / Various
    district met as they had been ordered to do, and chose delegates. John J. Hardin of Jacksonville, Edward D ... JOHN J. HARDIN. After a portrait owned by Mrs. Julia Duncan Kirby, Jacksonville, Illinois. John J  details...
  10.  McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 / Various
    . From a photograph taken at Jacksonville, Illinois, about thirty years ago. James Short lived on Sand Ridge ... Creek, via New Salem, to the county line in the direction of Jacksonville." For this he was allowed  details...

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