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Quotes from The Afro-American in Literature — Ida B. Wells

1862–1931 United States

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The birth of letters was witnessed on the Dark Continent, but centuries of intervening darkness have removed most of the traces of fabled lore, wealth and prowess of the ancient Egyptians, Carthaginians and Ethiopians.

The Afro-American in Literature (1892)

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