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All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.

Source: Speech to the American Anti-Slavery Society, New York, 6 May 1862.
-- William Wells Brown, ( 1815-1884), US antislavery lecturer, novelist, playwright; His Narrative, the story of his escape from slavery; is a classic; first black author to write a novel, Clotel, and play, The Escape.

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