“Yet Nubians are frequently found in the very highest posts of the army, and commanding and leading white men. Some of our American friends at Constantinople, who came from slave-holding states, were at first much perplexed at finding that "niggers" could be majors, colonels, generals, great pashas; and I believe they never got quite reconciled to a very common sight-a jet-black, hideously-faced Nubian officer, with an embroidered coat and a diamond nishan, riding in great pride and stateliness through the streets, followed by two or more white servants running on foot. This seemed to them a turning of the world upside down.”
Quotes by Charles MacFarlane
Charles MacFarlaneCharles MacFarlane was a Scottish writer renowned for his contributions to historical and travel literature, as well as his novels. Born in 1799, he developed a passion for writing that led him to exp...