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

Lydia Maria Child

An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans

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Abolitionism Slavery Oppression

Author

Lydia Maria Child

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An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Women's rights activist Abolitionist Activist

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United States

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Child, Lydia Maria. An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans. Boston: Allen & Ticknor, 1833, ch. 6.

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