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The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
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This quote illustrates the impunity enjoyed by the worst individuals in the presence of enslaved people.
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Old Virginia was the first to sow this land of ours with slavery; she is also the first to reap the full harvest of destruction.
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