--- title: "4 Rebecca Latimer Felton Quotes - Famous Politician (Country life in Georgia in the days of my youth)" description: "Rebecca Ann Felton was an American writer, politician, white supremacist, and slave owner who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rebecca-latimer-felton-77798.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Rebecca Latimer Felton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rebecca-latimer-felton-77798.jpg) # Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835–1930) Politician United States **4** quotes in **52** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Rebecca Latimer Felton was a politician from the United States, best known for *Country life in Georgia in the days of my youth*. ## Quick Facts About Rebecca Latimer Felton Born June 10, 1835 Died January 24, 1930 Nationality United States Profession Politician Notable works Country life in Georgia in the days of my youth Spouse William Harrell Felton ## About Rebecca Latimer Felton Rebecca Ann Felton was an American writer, politician, white supremacist, and slave owner who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, serving for only one day. ## Awards & Honors Georgia Women of Achievement ## Quotes by Rebecca Latimer Felton > [The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-latimer-felton/the-utter-helplessness-of-a-conquered-people-is-perhaps-the-most/) [Rebecca Latimer Felton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-latimer-felton/) [Civil war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civil-war/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_civil-war_the-utter-helplessness-of-a-conquered-pe_115206.jpg) > [When white men were willing to put their own offspring in the kitchen and corn field and allowed them to be sold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-latimer-felton/when-white-men-were-willing-to-put-their-own-offspring-in-the-kitchen/) [Rebecca Latimer Felton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-latimer-felton/) [Another man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-man/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_another-man_when-white-men-were-willing-to-put-their_196201.jpg) > [It was a marvel, an enigma in abolition latitudes, that the slaves did not rise en-masse, at the beginning of hostilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-latimer-felton/it-was-a-marvel-an-enigma-in-abolition-latitudes-that-the-slaves-did/) [Rebecca Latimer Felton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-latimer-felton/) [Abolition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_abolition_it-was-a-marvel-an-enigma-in-abolition-l_1491685.jpg) > [It was a time of madness, the sort of mad-hysteria that always presages war. There seems to be nothing left but war--when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-latimer-felton/it-was-a-time-of-madness-the-sort-of-mad-hysteria-that-always/) [Rebecca Latimer Felton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-latimer-felton/) [Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_anger_it-was-a-time-of-madness-the-sort-of-mad_3222406.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-latimer-felton/#itemlist", "name": "Rebecca Latimer Felton Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rebecca Latimer Felton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-latimer-felton/the-utter-helplessness-of-a-conquered-people-is-perhaps-the-most/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_civil-war_the-utter-helplessness-of-a-conquered-pe_115206.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_civil-war_the-utter-helplessness-of-a-conquered-pe_115206.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/281/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_civil-war_the-utter-helplessness-of-a-conquered-pe_115206.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other…” — Rebecca Latimer Felton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When white men were willing to put their own offspring in the kitchen and corn field and allowed them to be sold into bondage as slaves and degraded them as another man's slave, the retribution of wrath was hanging over this country and the South paid penance in four years of bloody war.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rebecca Latimer Felton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-latimer-felton/when-white-men-were-willing-to-put-their-own-offspring-in-the-kitchen/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_another-man_when-white-men-were-willing-to-put-their_196201.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_another-man_when-white-men-were-willing-to-put-their_196201.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_another-man_when-white-men-were-willing-to-put-their_196201.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When white men were willing to put their own offspring in the kitchen and corn field and allowed them to be…” — Rebecca Latimer Felton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was a marvel, an enigma in abolition latitudes, that the slaves did not rise en-masse, at the beginning of hostilities.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rebecca Latimer Felton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-latimer-felton/it-was-a-marvel-an-enigma-in-abolition-latitudes-that-the-slaves-did/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_abolition_it-was-a-marvel-an-enigma-in-abolition-l_1491685.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_abolition_it-was-a-marvel-an-enigma-in-abolition-l_1491685.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/rebecca-latimer-felton-71972_abolition_it-was-a-marvel-an-enigma-in-abolition-l_1491685.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was a marvel, an enigma in abolition latitudes, that the slaves did not rise en-masse, at the beginning…” — Rebecca Latimer Felton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was a time of madness, the sort of mad-hysteria that always presages war. 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