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  • To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing.

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    Frances Wright (1821). “Views of society and manners in America: in a series of letters from that country to a friend in England, during the years 1818, 1819, and 1820”, p.518
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To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing. - Frances Wright
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