[philman_36]

...well, what races?? Which race is “swarthy”??

Christ, man, Franklin's words are right there in front of your face!
And in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are the Germans also, the Saxons only excepted...

[philman_36]

And if you look closely at the expressions he's using he's mostly using nationalities, not race.