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When I was at Hartford in Connecticut, where I lived during the war, I published several pieces which were well received, not only by those of my own colour, but by a number of the white people, who thought they might do good among their servants.
The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as guaranteed by the supreme law of the land are involved.
| Alvin Adams, Businessman (1804) |
| Jerome Cavanagh, Politician (1928) |
| Abby Elliott, Actress (1987) |
| Geronimo, Statesman (1829) |
| Cobi Jones, Athlete (1970) |
| Stan Laurel, Actor (1890) |
| Henri Lefebvre, Sociologist (1901) |
| Mel Allen, Celebrity (1996) |
| Rufus Jones, Writer (1948) |


