Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 24, 2023
This is about whether or not people are being held against their will, irrespective of what their duties and responsibilities are to that system that they have brought into and did not ask to come into.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Clyburn critiques the narrative surrounding enslaved individuals and emphasizes their lack of agency.

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