If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours.


Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison (ed. 1865)

Belle Boyd Quotes

If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it...

If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it...

If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it...

If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it...