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That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent.
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gutenberg.orgWilliam McKinley: “That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent.”
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McKinley declares the right of the Cuban people to be free and independent.
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