| 1900 - 850 páginas
...all Matthew and Mark and Luke, and John, and plenty of little books. We love books very much. We want you to ask the Court what we have done wrong. What...things about Mendi people, and we no understand. Some people say Mendi people very happy because they laugh and have plenty to eat. Mr. Pendleton [the jailer]... | |
| John W. Blassingame - 1977 - 852 páginas
...Matthew and Mark, and Luke, and John, and plenty of little books. We love books very much. We want you to ask the court what we have done wrong. What...people crazy; Mendi people dolt, because we no talk American language. Merica people no talk Mendi language; Merica people dolt? They tell bad things about... | |
| Maggie Montesinos Sale - 1997 - 284 páginas
...invite US Americans to identify with, rather than against, them: We want you to ask the court what we done wrong. What for Americans keep us in prison....people no talk Mendi language; Merica people dolt? . . . Dear friend Mr. Adams, you have children; you have friends, you love them, you feel sorry if... | |
| Charles Johnson, Patricia Smith, WGBH Series Research Team - 1999 - 554 páginas
...Adams, " Ka-le wrote. / want to write a letter to you because you talk to the grand court. . . . We want you to ask the court what we have done wrong. . ....keep us in prison? . . . Some people say Mendi people cra^y; Mendi people dolt, because we no talk American language. Merica people talk no Mendi language;... | |
| David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz - 1998 - 607 páginas
...Matthew, and Mark, and Luke, and John, and plenty of little books. We love books very much. We want you to ask the Court what we have done wrong. What...people crazy, Mendi people dolt, because we no talk American language. American people no talk Mendi language. American people crazy dolts? They tell bad... | |
| Iyunolu Folayan Osagie - 2010 - 205 páginas
...premise for his argument in the letter. "Dear Friend Mr. Adams," he wrote: "We all born in Mendi. . . . Some people say Mendi people crazy; Mendi people dolt; because we no talk American language. Merica people no talk Mendi language; Merica people dolt? . . . Dear Friend Mr.... | |
| Iyunolu Folayan Osagie - 2010 - 205 páginas
...premise for his argument in the letter. "Dear Friend Mr. Adams," he wrote: "We all born in Mendi. . . . Some people say Mendi people crazy; Mendi people dolt; because we no talk American language. Merica people no talk Mendi language; Merica people dolt? . . . Dear Friend Mr.... | |
| Melba J. Duncan - 2003 - 324 páginas
...bloodier dispute that had the issue of slavery at its heart: the American Civil War. Make Us Free We want you to ask the court what we have done wrong. What...people crazy; Mendi people dolt, because we no talk American language. Merica people no talk Mendi language; Merica people dolt? . . . Some people say,... | |
| Brett Sillinger - 2003 - 172 páginas
...tell you one thing. Jose Ruiz say we born in Havana, he tell lie.. ..We all born in Mendi.... We want you to ask the Court what we have done wrong. What...people crazy; Mendi people dolt; because we no talk American language. Merica people no talk Mendi language; Merica people dolt? They tell bad things about... | |
| Joseph Wheelan - 2008 - 344 páginas
...sent Adams an imploring letter, undoubtedly ghost-written by the abolitionists who mailed it: "We want you to ask the court what we have done wrong. What for Americans keep us in prison. . . . We want to be free very much. . . . All we want is make us free." As Adams labored at home and... | |
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