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A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in north america, many of the pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [virginia legislators] have petitioned the king for permission to make a law for preventing the importation of more [slaves] into that colony. this request, however, will probably not be granted, as their former laws of that kind have always been repealed.
-Benjamin Franklin
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A [desire] To Abolish Slavery Prevails In

Benjamin Franklin
A [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in north america, many of the pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [virginia legislators] have petitioned the king for permission to make a law for preventing the importation of more [slaves] into that colony. this request, however, will probably not be granted, as their former laws of that kind have always been repealed.
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