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Victoria C. Woodhull: Now, what better is that result than it would have been had these people been slaves?

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Now, what better is that result than it would have been had these people been slaves?
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Victoria C. Woodhull

Editor's note · Context

Here, Woodhull provocatively compares the outcomes of capitalism to slavery, questioning their moral equivalence.

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