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Cooke About Slavery

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See https://books.google.ch/books?id=J8rVeu2go8IC&pg=PA477&lpg=PA477&dq=George+Frederick+Cooke+liverpool+blood+of+africans&source=bl&ots=MtX85dWHEZ&sig=ncwYubiIfUjcWysYoLpFHAARsyI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAmoVChMIyKq71uaXyQIVyQgaCh1wcQSD#v=onepage&q=George%20Frederick%20Cooke%20liverpool%20blood%20of%20africans&f=false

The quote goes like this: "I'm not here to be insulted by a set of wretches, every brick in whose infernal town was cemented by an African's blood!" Said in Liverpool, after meeting a none-to-good reception there.

Somehow makes the guy rather likeable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.143.60.50 (talk) 15:54, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]