On the record
Besides many other indignities, to which they were continually exposed, it appears that they were once all thrown into prison, and the sum of 66,000 marks exacted for their liberty.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “Besides many other indignities, to which they were continually exposed, it appears that they were once all thrown into…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner recounts the severe financial extortion imposed on Jews, reflecting systemic injustice.
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They do not tell us that all liberty and order would be destroyed, that society itself would go to pieces, and man go back to barbarism, if it were not for the care, and supervision, and protection, they lavish upon us.
They do not carry their heads high, above all other men, and demand our reverence and admiration, as statesmen, patriots, and benefactors.
In short, they acknowledge themselves hostes humani generis: enemies of the human race.
They do not attempt to deceive us, or mislead us, or reconcile us to their doings, by any such pretences, impostures, or insults as these.