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I would not have a slave to till my ground,
To carry me, to fan me while I sleep,
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I would not have a slave to till my ground,
To carry me, to fan me while I sleep,
And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth
That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.
Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.
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.]
The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer,
that man is my master, let me read more
The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer,
that man is my master, let me call him what I will.
Whatever day
Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.
Whatever day
Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.
I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave
and half free.
I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave
and half free.
The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are read more
The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.
Cotton is king; or slavery in the Light of Political Economy.
Cotton is king; or slavery in the Light of Political Economy.
