Alas for the dead who gave themselves so bravely to their country, alas for the living left to mourn the dead, if any relic of Slavery is allowed to continue!--especially if this bloody imposture, defeated in the pretension of property in man, is allowed to perpetuate an oligarchy of the skin!
He laments the potential continuation of slavery's legacy and its implications for society.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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