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Victoria C. Woodhull: “We want free trade; but we want free money first, so that not a spindle or forge in this country shall stop at the…”

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We want free trade; but we want free money first, so that not a spindle or forge in this country shall stop at the command of those across the ocean.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull advocates for free trade but insists that free money must come first.

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