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And from taking “Massa’s” property, it was no very hard step to taking that of other people.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “And from taking “Massa’s” property, it was no very hard step to taking that of other people.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid explains how the act of stealing from a master led to a broader acceptance of theft among enslaved people.
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