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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 28, 2016.
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THE STATE PRISONER LEARNS HOW TO PAINT. (Vide Newspaper Reports)..... PROFESSOR: "That's an old subject, Mr. Davis." ILLUSTRIOUS STATE PRISONER: "Yes, and one I am familiar with." PROFESSOR: "But the Negro has changed his color since you came here. We paint 'em white now."
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 27, 1867, p. 272.