Famous quotes containing the words black, jack and/or brigade:
“Quadroon mermaids, Afro angels, black saints
balanced upon the switchblades of that air
and sang.”
—Robert Earl Hayden (19131980)
“That is the man all tattered and torn
That kissed the maiden all forlorn”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 2930)
“[John] Broughs majority is glorious to behold. It is worth a big victory in the field. It is decisive as to the disposition of the people to prosecute the war to the end. My regiment and brigade were both unanimous for Brough [the Union party candidate for governor of Ohio].”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)
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