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I would ten thousand times rather that my children should be the half-starved paupers of Ireland than to be the most pampered among the slaves of America
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My master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will.
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The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.