Henry Ward Beecher: “Take the laborer's wages in the South, and the law stands to defend…”

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Take the laborer's wages in the South, and the law stands to defend you, and beat him down.

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Henry Ward Beecher

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Beecher critiques the legal system in the South for its bias against laborers, highlighting injustice.

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Henry Ward Beecher: “Take the laborer's wages in the South, and the law stands to defend you, and beat him down.”