Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Has the God who made the white man and the black left any record declaring us a different species? Are we not sustained by the same power, supported by the same food. . . . And should we not then enjoy the same liberty. . .?
James Forten
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
James Forten
Age: 75 †
Born: 1766
Born: September 2
Died: 1842
Died: March 4
Abolitionist
Entrepreneur
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Left
Species
Power
Record
Different
Records
Made
Food
Men
Liberty
Enjoy
Declaring
White
Sustained
Black
Supported
More quotes by James Forten
Our country asserts for itself the glory of being the freest upon the surface of the globe... but one dark spot still dimmed its lustre. Domestic slavery existed among a people who had themselves disdained to submit to a master.
James Forten