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I am held to answer for the crime of color when I was not consulted in the matter. Had I been consulted in the matter and my future fully described, I think I should have objected to being born in this gospel land.
James T. Rapier
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James T. Rapier
Age: 45 †
Born: 1837
Born: November 13
Died: 1883
Died: May 31
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