Quote#Freedom
Now while I think as badly of slavery as Horace Greeley did I am not…
Quote byJohn S. Mosby · 1833–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Samuel "Sam" Chapman (June 1907).
English (original)
Now while I think as badly of slavery as Horace Greeley did I am not ashamed that my family were slaveholders. It was our inheritance. Neither am I ashamed that my ancestors were pirates and cattle thieves. People must be judged by the standard of their own age. If it was right to own slaves as property it was right to fight for it.
— John S. Mosby
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