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===Letter to the 12th Congressional District (1839)=== |
===Letter to the 12th Congressional District (1839)=== |
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*The first steps of the slaveholder to justify by argument the peculiar instutitions is to deny the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence. He denies that all men are created equal. He denies that he has inalienable rights. |
*The first steps of the slaveholder to justify by argument the peculiar instutitions is to deny the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence. He denies that all men are created equal. He denies that he has inalienable rights. |
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**As quoted in [http://listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=R44dKDhR33U#A_PEBBLE_IN_YOUR_SHOE.flv letter to the citizens of the twelfth congressional district] (29 June 1839), The Hingham Patriot, MA. As quoted in Thomas Huges Rare and Early Newspaper catalog, No. 141. |
**As quoted in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160902072456/http://listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=R44dKDhR33U#A_PEBBLE_IN_YOUR_SHOE.flv letter to the citizens of the twelfth congressional district] (29 June 1839), The Hingham Patriot, MA. As quoted in Thomas Huges Rare and Early Newspaper catalog, No. 141. |
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