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Since each slave belongs to all; all must, therefore, belong to each.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgSince each slave belongs to all; all must, therefore, belong to each.
He expresses a radical view that the collective ownership of slaves implies a collective responsibility.
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