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Convince me that one man may rightfully make another man his slave, and I will no longer subscribe to the Declaration of Independence.

Every slave is a stolen man; every slaveholder is a man-stealer.

Hence, I cannot but regard oppression in every form--and most of all, that which turns a man into a thing--with indignation and abhorrence.

Show me the government which can be maintained only by destroying the rights of a portion of the people; and you will indicate the duty of openly revolting against it.

What you demand for yourselves, in virtue of your manhood, I demand for the enslaved at the South, on the same ground.