They Knew Lincoln Quotes

“There were no negro Democrats, for if one had been found he would have been considered a traitor to their Savior and friend—Lincoln.”
― John E. Washington, They Knew Lincoln

“some colored brothers of very white skins generally got in, learned the works and left, to form a new order amongst their own people.”
― John E. Washington, They Knew Lincoln

“The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans, sooner than will our American masters voluntarily give up their slaves—”
― John E. Washington, They Knew Lincoln

“They knew nothing but gratitude for the one who had made their prayers come true and always looked with contempt at anyone who tried to tell them there was any other reason why the war was fought, except to set them free.”
― John E. Washington, They Knew Lincoln