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Nevertheless no alien is he any more than are the whites themselves, if duration of occupancy of the soil has anything to do with making a race native and to the manner born.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgArchibald Henry Grimké: “Nevertheless no alien is he any more than are the whites themselves, if duration of occupancy of the soil has anything…”
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He argues that African Americans are as native to the land as any other group, challenging notions of alien status.
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