I know not what record of sin awaits me in the other world, but this I know, that I was never mean enough to despise any man because he was black.

John Albion Andrewwas an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He was elected in 1860 as the 25th Governor of Massachusetts, serving between 1861 and 1866, and led the state’s contributions to the Union cause during the American Civil War (1861-1865).