If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.
Samuel HopkinsAbout author
- Author's profession: Clergyman
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 17, 1721
- Died: December 20, 1803
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