On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Conquest and tyranny transplanted themselves with William the Conqueror from Normandy into England, and the country is yet disfigured with the marks.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine argues that the Norman Conquest introduced lasting tyranny and oppression into England, whose effects are still visible.
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