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"It provides land for the land-less, homes for the home-less, but no slaves for the slave-less."
--US Senator Louis T. Wigfall of Texas, explaining his opposition to the original version of the Homestead Act, eventually passed in 1861. (Wigfall is reputed to have used a different word that "slave," though.)
Provided by Andy Hall on the 'Southern Nationalism' thread, September 3, 2012, post #5.
--US Senator Louis T. Wigfall of Texas, explaining his opposition to the original version of the Homestead Act, eventually passed in 1861. (Wigfall is reputed to have used a different word that "slave," though.)
Provided by Andy Hall on the 'Southern Nationalism' thread, September 3, 2012, post #5.