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All the brick-yards, except one, on which I was engaged, were connected either with a corn field, potatoe patch, rice field, cotton field, tan-works, or with a wood lot.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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All the brick-yards, except one, on which I was engaged, were connected either with a corn field, potatoe patch, rice field, cotton field, tan-works, or with a wood lot.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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Woollen rags are mixed with cotton which has no manurial value, and the skin refuse from tan-works contains much lime.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Thomas Anderson
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All the brick-yards, except one, on which I was engaged, were connected either with a corn field, potatoe patch, rice field, cotton field, tan-works, or with a wood lot.
American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses 1839
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