“These tyrants know that if they can mix the race of Washington and Lee and Jackson with this base herd which they brought from the fens of Africa, if they can taint the blood which hallowed the plains of Manassas with this sordid stream, the adulterous current will never again swell a Virginian’s heart with a throb noble enough to make a despot tremble… We have before our eyes the proof and illustration of the satanic wisdom of their plan.”
-R.L. Dabney Ecclesiastical Equality of Negroes, Nov. 9, 1867
-R.L. Dabney Ecclesiastical Equality of Negroes, Nov. 9, 1867