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Slavery

(noun) An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.

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"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
— Abraham Lincoln
"Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery."
— Plato
"You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know."
— William Wilberforce
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it."
— Abraham Lincoln
"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery."
— Thomas Jefferson

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