Hempstead

[ hemp-sted, hem- ]

noun

1. a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.

Example Sentences

Adam was treated well by Hempstead, and the two grew old together.

From The Daily Beast

Had she given us more context, we would have seen that slavery was critical to men like Joshua Hempstead.

From The Daily Beast

Take the fact that Hempstead was nearly 50 when he bought Adam, who was also the only slave he ever owned.

From The Daily Beast

The white Hempstead, for instance, worked his way out of indentured servitude, the next step up from slavery.

From The Daily Beast

Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) may be one such person, given the level of rapport he has with his direwolf, Summer.

From The Daily Beast

They rented the empty store building owned by Mayor Hempstead and began.

From Project Gutenberg

Two by two they stroll or sit about Hempstead Heath on such an evening.

From Project Gutenberg

We found Hempstead a quiet, old Dutch town, undisturbed by progressive ideas.

From Project Gutenberg

With Hempstead and Asher Wright, who was his servant in camp, he left his uniform and some other articles of property.

From Project Gutenberg

Harriman was born at Hempstead, Long Island, the son of a clergyman with a large family and a small income.

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