Quote#Freedom
To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is,…
Quote byFrances Wright · 1795–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter XXVIII (April 1820) Views of Society and Manners in America (1821).
English (original)
To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing; but it is not clear to me that the southern planters are duly exerting themselves to prepare the way for that change in the condition of their black populations which they profess to think not only desirable but inevitable.
— Frances Wright
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