Carolina QuotesI have therefore, come to the immoveable conclusion, that they (Americans) have, and do continue to punish us for nothing else, but for enriching them and their country.
David Walker Carolinian
Source
p. 17
- work
- Walker’s Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World (1830)
- year
- 1830
- locator
- p. 17
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