“Oh!” replied he, “he’s an Irishman.”
“What makes you think so?” I inquired.
“Why, his brogue is enough to tell it.”
“Then,” said I, “why is not your color enough to tell that you’re a negro?”
“Arh!” said he, “that’s a horse of another color,” and left me with a “Ha, ha, ha!”
Black men, don’t be ashamed to show your colors, and to own them.
The Negro in the American Rebellion
His Heroism and His Fidelity.
By Wm. Wells Brown, M.D.
Nearly 400 pages. Handsomely bound in cloth. Price $2.00.