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“Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of integrity.” quote by Alexander Crummell — Download Open image

“Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of integrity.”

Alexander Crummell

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