Quote of the day
The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
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)