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"In our own native land, in defense of the freedom that is our birthright, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it -- for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before."

- Thomas Jefferson, July 6, 1775

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I'm afraid that the honest industry of Mr. Jefferson's forefathers was augmented by the industry of a number of human beings who were owned by them.