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The helots of Laconia, the regardants to the manor in Russia and in Poland, even the negroes in the West Indies, know nothing of so searching, so penetrating, so heart-breaking a slavery.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke reflects on the nature of slavery and its profound impact on humanity.
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