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Nor were the poor negroes forgotten. Not a Quaker in Philadelphia, or…

Quote byJohn Adams · 1735–1826

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to William Tudor (1818).

English (original)

Nor were the poor negroes forgotten. Not a Quaker in Philadelphia, or Mr. Jefferson, of Virginia, ever asserted the rights of negroes in stronger terms

— John Adams

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