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They insisted that the failure of the Government to give freedom to our millions in bondage would be a crime only to be measured by that of putting them in chains if they were free.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “They insisted that the failure of the Government to give freedom to our millions in bondage would be a crime only to be…”
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Julian emphasizes the moral obligation of the government to free enslaved individuals, equating inaction with a grave crime.
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