Cato Perkins was an African American slave from Charleston, South Carolina. He was enslaved by John Perkins.
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Famous quotes containing the words cato and/or perkins:
“I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.”
—Marcus Porcius Cato The Elder (234–149 B.C.)
“When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution.”
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)