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 Where bastard Freedom waves
 Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.  
 Where bastard Freedom waves
 Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. 
 And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves,
 While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls read more 
 And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves,
 While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves. 
 Resolved, That the compact which exists between the North and the 
South is a covenant with death and an read more 
 Resolved, That the compact which exists between the North and the 
South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell; 
involving both parties in atrocious criminality, and should be 
immediately annulled.
   - William Lloyd Garrison, 
 Whatever day
 Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.  
 Whatever day
 Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away. 
 Lord Mansfield first established the grand doctrine that the air 
of England is too pure to be breathed by read more 
 Lord Mansfield first established the grand doctrine that the air 
of England is too pure to be breathed by a slave. 
 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. 
Base is the slave that pays.
Base is the slave that pays.
 Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into 
excessive slavery.
 [Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in read more 
 Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into 
excessive slavery.
 [Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem 
cadit.] 
 He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master 
who should be slave.
 [Lat., Fit in read more 
 He is sometimes slave who should be master; and sometimes master 
who should be slave.
 [Lat., Fit in dominatu servitus, in servitute dominatus.]