On the record
On this subject observe, as they are bound to protect us from domestic violence, they think we ought not to increase our exposure to that evil, by an unlimited importation of slaves.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois discusses the responsibility of the government to protect citizens from domestic violence and the implications of slave importation.
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