Twenty Negars For Sale in Colonial Advertisement
A historical note traces a 1619 Dutch ship's cargo of twenty negars and outlines early colonial race dynamics. It covers early freedom and indentured servitude, instances of transport and landownership, and shifts toward legal codification of slavery. The piece cites Lerone Bennett Jr. and examples from Massachusetts and Virginia, noting miscegenation laws and baptism’s limited impact on slave status.
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United States
Jamestown
West Indies
America
England
Boston
Lerone Bennett Jr
Massachusetts
John Winthrop
Virginia
Board Accepts Notices and Faculty Applications for Coming Year
The school board accepted resignations from Janice L. Caughman at Highlands Junior, Carole Gresham at William B. Travis Elementary, Louise McCall at Robert E. Lee High, and Masine Mudd at Ishi sbel Smith Elementary as they move to other pursuits. It approved assignments for Virginia Finster at Stephen F. Austin Elementary, Wilyne Laughlin at Baytown Junior, Weena Nielson at Lamar Elementary, Sydney Storey as speech therapist, Elaine Swenson at Ross Sterling High, and Charlene Kelly as Director of Special Services at Ross Sterling, with Louise Jones returning to classroom English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice L. Caughman
Iighlands Junior
Louise McCall
Robert E. Lee High School
Masine .Mudd
Isshbel Smith
Virginia Finster
Stephen E. Austin
Francis T. Nicholl
State College
Louisiana
Wilyne F. Laughlin
Baytown
Kappa Delta Pi
Elaine Swenson
Ross Sterling High School
Swenson
Rice University
Spring Branch
Baptist Student Union
Charlene Kelly
Louise Jones
Jones
Sterling
Italy's Davis Cup Star Is 35 and Still Going Strong
Rome AP says Italy's 35 year old Davis Cup stalwart Pietrangeli has played 151 matches, a possible world record, fueling Italy to the European Zone final against Spain. The veteran star, born in Tunis, remains a fashion figure and mentor while resisting full pro status.
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Italy
Rome
Wicata Pietranigeli
Pietrangeli
Spain
Pistrangel
Pistrangeli
Russia
Alex Metroveli
Australia
Tunis
Tiady
Martin Mulligan
Texas A&M officer commissions 1969 duty date
Thomas R. Machala 21 son of Mr and Mrs Stanley B Afochala Crosby earned a reserve commission as second lieutenant May 25 after completing ROTC at Texas A and M University College Station He will report for active duty January 10 1969 and has a bachelor of business administration degree from the university His wife Suzanne resides in College Station.
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Thomas R. Machala
Stanley B. Afochala
Crosby
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Texas A and M University
College Station
Lr Machala
Suzanne
Women race horse owners seek youth fountain in New Jersey
Four women owners at Elkwood Farm in Oceanport New Jersey believe breeding horses keeps them young. Mrs Philip Iselin explains that as long as there are yearlings there is something to look forward to, a philosophy echoed by the group after Ponce de Leon’s Florida claims faded. The idea stems from a practical bond with racing rather than mere mystique.
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Oceanport
Ponce de Leon
Florida
New Jersey
Philip Iselin
Elkwood Farm
Samuel D. Riddle
Elmwood Farm
Iselic
Leon Hess
Jimmy? Jones
Monmouth Park
Maurice Gross
Boston
Elkwood 1
Jimmy
H.A. Jones
Calumet Farm
la Chunga
Mrs. Jones
Detroit
Sonic Booms Studied By Scientists Panel
A National Academy subcommittee warns that commercial SST sonic booms could cause psychological issues and urges intensified research to design overland flights with acceptable levels, including effects on sleep and groups like hospital patients and infants.
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Washington
National Academy of Science
Fraf
Raymond A. Bauer
Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Administration
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Boston Harbor
BOARD
Carole Gresham
William B. Travis
Ratoni
Cac
Ainsworth& Co
Thomasville
Brandt
WSS
Pruett
Ola Ua
Ac Ee
Cold
Hialean
Garden State
Jimmy Jones
Kenny Noe
Beltone Hearing Aid Service Center
Holiday Inn Motor
Highway
Faulk
ENCO
Schilling
Gulf Coast Hospital
Chevrolet
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