South African Accents

Famous quotes containing the words south, african and/or accents:

    “Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would die amid the flame of Christian remonstrance, and faithful rebuke, and holy indignation.”
    —Angelina Grimké (1805–1879)

    “A tanned skin is something more than respectable, and perhaps olive is a fitter color than white for a man,—a denizen of the woods. “The pale white man!” I do not wonder that the African pitied him.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Let others sing of knights and paladins
    In aged accents and untimely words,
    Paint shadows, in imaginary lines,”
    —Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)