I am true to my own race. I wish to see all done that can be done for their encouragement, to assist them in acquiring property, in becoming intelligent, enlightened, useful, valuable citizens.
タグ: my-own, encouragement, wish, true, i-am

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We are in the midst of an exciting canvass... I am working very hard in politics as well as in other matters. We are determined that Mississippi shall be settled on a basis of justice and political and legal equality.
タグ: i-am, equality, justice, politics
I got colored mechanics in the United States Navy Yard for the first time.
タグ: got, navy, first, first-time, time
Have the colored people done anything to justify the prejudice against them that does exist in the hearts of so many white persons and, generally, of one great political party in this country? Have they done anything to justify it? No, sir.
タグ: white, political, people, great
I sedulously refrained from doing anything that would incite slaves to run away from their masters.
タグ: slaves, run, anything, doing
I was imprisoned in Missouri in 1854 for preaching the gospel to Negroes, though I was never subjected to violence.
タグ: though, preaching, gospel, violence, never
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