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Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.

Martin Delany

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Martin Delany
Age: 72 †
Born: 1812
Born: May 6
Died: 1885
Died: January 24
Abolitionist
Journalist
Novelist
Physician
Writer
Charles Town
West Virginia
Martin Delany
Martin Robison Delany
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