Lydia Maria Child Quote

I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all opinions speak of it—and never without merriment or indignation. Fifty years hence, the black laws of Connecticut will be a greater source of amusement to the antiquarian, than her famous blue laws.


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

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


I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all opinions speak of it—and...

I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all opinions speak of it—and...

I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all opinions speak of it—and...

I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all opinions speak of it—and...