Probably no people nor institutions have been more misunderstood than those of the Southern States.
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry Connected to the Carolinas
Source
The South in the Olden Time (1901)
- work
- The South in the Olden Time
- year
- 1901
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“Probably no people nor institutions have been more misunders…” Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-0399CA286C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/0399ca286c
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