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Title
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David McDonogh to Walter Lowrie
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Description
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"I have been very busily engaged, all the vacation, in writing a letter to my friends at home; who are now about to leave this hostile country for the hospitable land of their forefathers."
"I told them, in my farewell address, that I would rather be a servant in the colony of Liberia, than to be a freeman in America. And so I would; and I think every sensible colored man ought to have the same feeling."
"It is true, we were all born in America; but, as strangers from a foreign land, we are oppressed, abused, and in fine we enjoy no political rights or privileges...In fact we are looked upon, by all grades of men, as something made expressly to wait upon the white man!"
"But I contend, that they are totally wrong, we were not made for that purpose, as we will show them when we become naturalized citizens in the colony of Liberia."
David has now finished his letter and it ready to come to New York.
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Original letter at the PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Philadelphia)
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Identifier
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62
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Date
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1842-04-06 00:00:00
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Subject
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David expresses his discontent with how blacks are treated in America.
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Creator
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David
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Format
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