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"The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down."

"There cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance and connection, as the greater majority of human beings are in the bosoms of their families."

"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!"

"To be enslaved then, you needed to be ignorant. To be enslaved today, you need to be knowledgeable."

"As he plods behind Cameron and Summer, he can't help but stare at Summer's exposed, glistening skin. His thoughts aren't depraved or even mildly in the splasher. In fact, he focuses on the marks of cruelty crisscrossing her back, stomach, and shoulders. He trudges along, drenched, feet swollen, constantly searching for even a hint of a breeze, all while being forced to stare at the alarming network of burns traversing Summer's delicate skin. This latticework of hate reveals a brutal truth-one he can scarcely comprehend. Yes, he's glimpsed and felt her scars before, but this is the first time he's really, truly seen the severity and extent of her life as a slave. With each step, he must digest the monstrosities of her past, leaving him utterly devastated."

"Some of today's slaves sleep on king size beds."

"It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union."

"The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it."

"Slavery received, but the prejudice to which it has given birth remains stationary."
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"A man is called a sinner not because he sins more than others but because he defends he sins and glories in them and is unwilling to seek forgiveness."

"We don't know where we come from and where we go, we fill the missing links with whatever our imaginations can provide us."

"Would a robber break in your home at night beating drums? Nope. This is how those who want to take advantage of your life come: Full of smiles and promising sincere friendship!"
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