Lydia Maria Child Quote

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.


Chapter VI - An Appeal on Behalf of That Class of Americans Called Africans (1833)

Child's Appeal[utc.iath.virginia.edu]


We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.