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The poor despise labor when performed by slaves. ↗

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. ↗

The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#census #females #first #free #head

Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#bondage #chains #free #free speech #had

Gifts make slaves. ↗

— Levi Strauss

#make #slaves

Napoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money. ↗

— Edwidge Danticat

#america #army #been #big #chunk

I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican. ↗

— Marion Berry

#abraham #abraham lincoln #created #freed #funny

Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven. ↗

— Samuel Hopkins

#cannot #community #escape #furthermore #heaven

When I see a poor person I think of me, and then I think, maybe I should pay my clones for all the work they do for me. Then I think, nah, they’re only slaves. Through my clones, I am a slave to myself.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#clones #funny #humor #poor #slaves

We are slaves to whatever we don't understand. ↗

— Vernon Howard

#understand #whatever