William Wells Brown
Birthdate: c. 1814
Birthplace: Montgomery County, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Date of Death: November 6, 1884
Occupation: Abolitionist and Author
Profile: Best known for
Clotel.
Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wells_Brown
Number of Quotes: 1
I know that upon 4th of July, our 4th of July orators talk of Liberty, while three million of their own country men are groaning in abject Slavery. This
is called the land of the free and the home of the brave
; it is called the asylum of the oppressed
; and some have been foolish enough to call
it the Cradle of Liberty.
If it is the cradle of liberty,
they have rocked the child to death. It is dead long since, and yet we talk about
democracy and republicanism, while one-sixth of our countrymen are clanking their chains upon the very soil which our fathers moistened with their blood.
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