| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6465 |
| AUTHOR: | James Henry Hammond (18071864) |
| QUOTATION: | The very mudsills of society
. We call them slaves
. But I will not characterize that class at the North with that term; but you have it. It is there, it is everywhere; it is eternal. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speech in the U. S. Senate, March, 1858. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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