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Freedom Quote by Ed Davey

“Slavery is perhaps the greatest affront to the fundamental principle of individual liberty.” quote by Ed Davey — Download Open image

“Slavery is perhaps the greatest affront to the fundamental principle of individual liberty.”

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“In any case, white people, who had robbed black people of their liberty and who profited by this theft every hour that they lived, had no moral ground on which to stand. They had the judges, the juries, the shotguns, the law—in a word, power. But it was a criminal power, to be feared but not respected, and to be…

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