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No serfs in Russia were ever greater slaves than the Cubans are to Spain.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “No serfs in Russia were ever greater slaves than the Cubans are to Spain.”
Editor's note · Context
Sherman compares the plight of Cubans under Spanish rule to that of serfs in Russia.
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