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The thought seems never to have dawned upon him that the slave was a man, and therefore entitled to his natural rights.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “The thought seems never to have dawned upon him that the slave was a man, and therefore entitled to his natural rights.”
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Julian critiques the lack of recognition of the humanity of enslaved individuals in political discourse.
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