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He that hath ears to hear the cry of the oppressed, let him hear!
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This quote emphasizes the moral obligation to listen to the suffering of the oppressed.
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It is only in the land of slaves that they are blotted out and annihilated.
The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
They cannot do otherwise with laborers who work by compulsion, for the benefit only of their masters, and whose sole interest in the matter is to do as little and to consume as much as possible.
No man of common sense, who has observed this result, can doubt for a moment that the system of free labor promotes the growth and prosperity of states in a much higher degree than the system of slave labor.
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