Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880) American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist
1860s <br class="br">Source: Letter to John Fraser http://www.bartleby.com/66/71/12271.html (1868)
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“So much immorality, so much petty selfishness in using migrants for mere electoral interests.”
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