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Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate in the blessings of her luxuriant soil.

Source: Opposing the American Colonization Society, plan to promote the settlement of free blacks in Africa; Convention of Coloured Citizens of Philadelphia, 20-24 Sep 1830.
-- Richard Allen, (Feb 14 1760-1831), US religious leader, activist; He was a leader of free Blacks who opposed the resettlement of free blacks to Africa; first bishop of the Africa Methodist Episcopal Church.

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