“In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not recover it, was very nebulous.Quote by John Sergeant WiseTopics: Quotes about John Sergeant WiseShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to...#John Sergeant Wise
However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes...#John Sergeant Wise
Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the...#John Sergeant Wise
My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and...#John Sergeant Wise
In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder...#John Sergeant Wise
Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense...#John Sergeant Wise
The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire...#John Sergeant Wise
