• Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery . . . is his natural and normal condition.

    Alexander H. Stephens: Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery . . . is his natural and normal condition.
    Alexander H. Stephens' “Corner Stone” Speech, teachingamericanhistory.org. March 21, 1861.