I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other as this Writ of Assistance is.
James OtisAbout author
- Author's profession: Lawyer
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 5, 1725
- Died: May 23, 1783
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