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Such, sir, are the sights that molest us when we come here from the north,--that molest us in the hotels, that molest us in the streets, that molest us in the courts, that molest us every where.
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He expresses the pervasive discomfort caused by the realities of slavery in various public spaces.
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The institution of slavery is against natural right.
The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
The general system of slaveholding farmers and planters, in all times and places, has been, and now is, and ever will be, to cultivate much land, badly, for present gain,--in short, to kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
Answer: She is in a country in which slavery is established by law.
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