He wrote: "we are Negroes, members of a vast historic race that from the very dawn of creation has slept, but half awakening in the dark forests of its African fatherland".
他写道：“我们是黑人，一个久已存在的巨大种族，黎明之初即已沉睡，但在非洲祖国的黑暗森林中，仍然保持清醒”。