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As British subject he had the freedom of every Colony, with the right of making his home there, and of inheriting lands.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “As British subject he had the freedom of every Colony, with the right of making his home there, and of inheriting lands.”
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He states that as a British subject, one had the freedom to live and inherit in any colony.
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