Carolina QuotesDear me, think of it, niggers speaking French!
William Jennings Bryan Carolinian
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Bryan's response to learning about Haiti while serving as Secretary of State (1912), as quoted in The Little Nation That Tests Our Loyalty to Democracy : Haiti: America’s vision of the country is too heavily reliant on a Haitian military we trained. What about the rising Haitian middle class?, October 24 1993, The Los Angeles Times
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- 1912
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“Dear me, think of it, niggers speaking French!” William Jennings Bryan. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-FA135BF659. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/fa135bf659
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