If it were not for the stripes on my back which were made while I was a slave, I would in my will leave my skin a legacy to the government, desiring that it might be taken off and made into parchment, and then bind the constitution of glorious happy and free America. Let the skin of an American slave bind the charter of American Liberty.


Life of William Grimes (1825)

William Grimes Quotes

If it were not for the stripes on my back which were made while I was a slave, I would in my will leave my skin a legacy to the government, desiring...

If it were not for the stripes on my back which were made while I was a slave, I would in my will leave my skin a legacy to the government, desiring...

If it were not for the stripes on my back which were made while I was a slave, I would in my will leave my skin a legacy to the government, desiring...

If it were not for the stripes on my back which were made while I was a slave, I would in my will leave my skin a legacy to the government, desiring...