William Wells Brown Quotes
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I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and build on its ruins the temple of liberty. I have brothers in slavery. I have seen chains placed on their limbs and beheld them captive.
William Wells Brown
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Author Details:
Type:
Activist Quotes
Category:
American Activist Quotes
Year of Birth:
1814
Year of Death:
1884
Nationality:
American
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Malcolm X
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