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The fetters of every slave within these jurisdictions are bound and clasped by the votes of Massachusetts.
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He asserts that Massachusetts shares in the guilt of slavery through its political actions.
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In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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