Henry David Thoreau: I speak for the slave when I say that I prefer the philanthropy of Captain Brown to that philanthropy which neither shoo

I speak for the slave when I say that I prefer the philanthropy of Captain Brown — Henry David Thoreau

I speak for the slave when I say that I prefer the philanthropy of Captain Brown to that philanthropy which neither shoots me nor liberates me.

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