I love John so much, like not only was he against slavery and did his best to leave the way he was raised behind but he also wished for equality between rich and poor which is so great, I can't believe people dare to say he was worse than Thomas Jefferson (totally not salty about an argument I had about that).
Anyway, onto the quote which is what the title says after all:
"But there will never be virtue in the poor, when there are rich in the same community. By imperceptible and indirect methods, we should labor to establish and maintain equality of fortunes as much as possible if we would continue to be free"
—John Laurens to his father.
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John Laurens FanClub
Non-FictionBecause John Laurens deserves all the love in the world! (Even if he died like 236 years ago). So this is exactly what the tittle said! Yes, a fanclub for John Laurens. (Historical John Laurens, that is. So if you're expecting posts about the thousa...
