On the record
My opinion is that as the colored man gets land, becomes chaste, frugal, temperate, industrious, veracious, that he will gradually acquire respect, and will attain political equality.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Hoar expresses his belief that the progress of African Americans towards equality is tied to their personal development and societal contributions.
Share
More from George F. Hoar
When the treaty was signed, the struggle began between freedom and slavery for the control of this imperial domain.
You said the people of Lowell would not think very highly of me when they saw me riding through the streets in my carriage and knew it was paid for by the money of this bank.
Never rode to the wrong's redressing A worthier paladin.
His election as Governor extracted the people from the mire of Know Nothingism.
Other voices in this conversation
