Carolina QuotesThose damned sons of bitches thought they had me in a trap! I know that damned Douglass; he's just like any nigger, and he would sooner cut a white man's throat than not.
Andrew Johnson Carolinian
Source
As quoted in Andrew Johnson: A Profile (1969), "Johnson and the Negro", by Lawanda Cox and John H. Cox; edited by Eric L. McKitrick, Hill & Wang, New York pp. 152-153.
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- 1969
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- pp. 152-153
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“Those damned sons of bitches thought they had me in a trap! …” Andrew Johnson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-6759FBCBE6. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/6759fbcbe6
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