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The one thing they ought not to have relied upon was that the island they were furnishing money to subdue, if it gained its freedom, would turn around and insist on reimbursing them!
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Whitelaw Reid
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Editor's note · Context
Reid argues against the expectation that a freed colony would repay debts incurred during its oppression.
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