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He was opposed to that act, because he did not think it proper that this traffic without our boundaries should be called piracy, while there was no constitutional right to interdict it within our borders.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “He was opposed to that act, because he did not think it proper that this traffic without our boundaries should be called…”
Editor's note · Context
Quincy expresses his opposition to labeling the slave trade outside U.S. borders as piracy while ignoring domestic practices.
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