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Henry Ward Beecher: Laziness in the South and money in the North, are the bulwarks of Slavery!

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Laziness in the South and money in the North, are the bulwarks of Slavery!
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Henry Ward Beecher

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Beecher points out that both laziness and wealth contribute to the institution of slavery.

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