Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Lydia Huntley Sigourney, 18 July 1824 [Quote]
I rejoice also in your advocation of the Indian rights. & concur in all your sentiments in their favor ... I wish that was the only blot in our moral history, and that no other race had higher charges to bring against us. I am not apt to despair; yet I see not how we are to disengage...