On the record
The principles, the feelings of our common nature rise in rebellion against it.
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This quote expresses the universal human response against the injustice of slavery, highlighting a moral rebellion.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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