Quote#Wisdom
For colored people to acquire learning in this country, makes tyrants…
Quote byDavid Walker · 1785–1830
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Walker’s Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World (1830), p. 37.
English (original)
For colored people to acquire learning in this country, makes tyrants quake and tremble on their sandy foundation. Why, what is the matter? Why, they know that their infernal deeds of cruelty will be made known to the world.
— David Walker
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