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It seems almost incredible that the advocates of liberty should conceive of the idea of selling a fellow creature to slavery.

Source: Letters From a Man of Colour on a Late Senate Bill Before the Senate of Pennsylvania, 1813.
-- James Forten, (Sep 2 1766-1842), US businessman, abolitionist; He fought in the Revolutionary War; successful Philadelphia businessman and early proponent of the political convention and abolition movements.

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