"As a race, the African is inferior to……" — Alexander H. Stephens
"As a race, the African is inferior to the white man. Subordination to the white man is his normal condition. He is not his equal by nature and cannot be made so by human laws or human institutions. Our system, therefore, so far as regards this inferior race, rests upon this great immutable law of nature."
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Alexander H. Stephens
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