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> [If you are going to abolish slavery, that opens up all these other questions: what system of labor is going to replace slave labor? What system of race relations is going to replace the race relations of slavery? Who is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-foner/if-you-are-going-to-abolish-slavery-that-opens-up-all-these-other/)

[Eric Foner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-foner/)

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