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I repeat again, that it would rejoice my very soul that every one of my fellow beings were emancipated.
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In this statement, Tompkins conveys his deep desire for the emancipation of all enslaved individuals.
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We ought to lament and deplore the necessity of holding our fellow men in bondage.
Instead of supporting freedom, does it not advocate slavery and oppression?
Resolved, that the abolition of domestic slavery is the greatest object of desire in these colonies, where it was improperly introduced in their infant state.
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