Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
James W.C. Pennington
Born: 1809
Died: 1870 (aged 61)
Bio: James William Charles Pennington was an African-American orator, minister, writer, and abolitionist active in Brooklyn, New York. He escaped at the age of 19 from slavery in western Maryland and reached New York.
Known for:
- The Fugitive Blacksmith (1849)