Frances Wright Quote

To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing...


Views of society and manners in America (ed. 1821)


To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing...

To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing...

To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing...

To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing...