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The people of Alabama and Georgia are now suffering the recoil of their own unlawful weapons.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “The people of Alabama and Georgia are now suffering the recoil of their own unlawful weapons.”
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Quincy argues that the people of Alabama and Georgia are facing the consequences of their own aggressive actions against Native Americans.
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