On the record
What think you, enslaved people, of the great, the free, the exalted government of a country which professes so much and grants you nothing?
Said by
Victoria C. Woodhull
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Editor's note · Context
Woodhull challenges the notion of American freedom by questioning the government's failure to grant rights to enslaved individuals.
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