Born in small-town New England, Charles Browne began his career as a young contributor to the Boston Carpet Bag
Artemus Ward comes across an old gentleman who tells him about the misfortune of the octoroon, a person who is 1/8 black, he travels with. Ward gives the young girl fifty dollars and learns later that he was swindled.
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Born in small-town New England, Charles Browne began his career as a young contributor to the Boston Carpet Bag
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