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That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
John R. Rickford
![John R. Rickford](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: September 16, 1949 (age 74)
Bio: John Russell Rickford is a Guyanese academic and author. His book Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English, which he wrote together with his son, Russell J. Rickford, won the American Book Award in 2000. Rickford is the J.E.
Known for:
- Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English (2000)
- Variation in a Creole continuum (1987)