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He looked upon the heavy taxes now in vogue as in the nature of confiscation, and in some cases sold his land, rapidly rising in value, because the taxes assessed seemed to him unreasonable.
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Sherman critiques heavy taxation as a form of confiscation that affects land ownership.
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