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Slave Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- The borrower is slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.
- A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [Virginia legislators] have petitioned the…
- Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade!
- Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting.
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