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    In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky-her grand old woods-her fertile fields-her beautiful rivers-her mighty lakes and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked when I remember that all is cursed with the infernal spirit of slave-holding and wrong; When I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten; That her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.

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The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every
man is free who breathes read more

The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every
man is free who breathes it.

by Sir James Mansfield Found in: Slavery Quotes,
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

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Better to starve free than be a fat slave

Better to starve free than be a fat slave

by Aesop Found in: Slavery Quotes,
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Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory read more

Consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory from our own honor or interest of happiness

by John Adams Found in: Slavery Quotes,
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No more slave States and no more slave territory.
- Salmon Portland Chase,

No more slave States and no more slave territory.
- Salmon Portland Chase,

by Salmon Portland Chase Found in: Slavery Quotes,
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In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the
free,--honorable alike in what we give and what read more

In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the
free,--honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Slavery Quotes,
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I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave
and half free.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave
and half free.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Slavery Quotes,
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[England] a soil whose air is deemed too pure for slaves to
breathe in.

[England] a soil whose air is deemed too pure for slaves to
breathe in.

by Capel Lofft Found in: Slavery Quotes,
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Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.

Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.

by David Garrick Found in: Slavery Quotes,
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