. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . y where-of I have here-un-to signedmy name and caused the great seal of the State to _^ be af-fixed, at the Ci-ty of Jef-fer-son, the e-lev-|is. j- enth day of Jan-u-a-ry, , eigh-teen hun- ^^ dred and six-ty-five. Thom-as C. Fletch-er. By the Gov-ern-or: Fran-CIS Rod-man, Scc-re-ta-ty of State. Poor Sam-bo was a slave no more ! But thepoor white man had a hard time of it all oer theState if he was not clad with an oath thatbound him with chains so strong that he got tobe a slave to the will of those who bound him asfast as the bonds of the b
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . y where-of I have here-un-to signedmy name and caused the great seal of the State to _^ be af-fixed, at the Ci-ty of Jef-fer-son, the e-lev-|is. j- enth day of Jan-u-a-ry, , eigh-teen hun- ^^ dred and six-ty-five. Thom-as C. Fletch-er. By the Gov-ern-or: Fran-CIS Rod-man, Scc-re-ta-ty of State. Poor Sam-bo was a slave no more ! But thepoor white man had a hard time of it all oer theState if he was not clad with an oath thatbound him with chains so strong that he got tobe a slave to the will of those who bound him asfast as the bonds of the black man. Youngand old, men and wo-men, had to take this oathof Loy-al-ty to the Gov-ern-ment; and those whowould not take it were thrust in pris-on cells thoughthey had no wish to harm the Gov-ern-ment, but feltthat to force them to take such oath was an act 78 Histo7y of Missouri. that left white men but small chance to be as * free as the ne-gro. But the times were bad in Mis-sou-ri; raidswere made in all parts of the State. Un-ion-ists said. PLUCK BRINGS LUCK. folk who would not take the test-oath must needsbe foes to good rule. Let that be as it may, goodcame out of it in a short time to the State. Theschool-house doors were once more thrown wide forsmall folks to take up the tasks that war had put astop to. Plans were made to bring to the eyes of ;iii
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