“ In the course of his comments, (Donald Trump) said things which were hate-filled, vile, and racist … He said these hate-filled things, and he said them repeatedly …‘ Haitians? Do we need more Haitians? ’ (used also in reference to El Salvadorans and Hondurans) … And then he went on and started to describe immigration from Africa … calling the nations they come from ‘ shitholes ’- the exact word used by the president …” …Author Candice Millard, Destiny of the Republic, Anchor Books, 2011 He argued for a resolution that ended the practice of requiring blacks to carry a pass in the nation ’ s capital, and he delivered a passionate speech for black suffrage …‘ Let us not commit ourselves to the absurd and senseless dogma that the color of the skin shall be the basis of suffrage, the talisman of liberty. “ When he (James Garfield) was still a very young man, he had hidden a runaway slave … In Congress, he fought for equal rights for freed slaves.
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