From one piece My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) 8 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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No nation on earth is guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than the United States at this timeTheir words
There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody, than are the people of these United States, at this very hour.
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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
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What is inhuman cannot be divineTheir words
That which is inhuman cannot be divine.
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There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven that does not know that slavery is wrong for him.
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For the present, it is enough to affirm the equal manhood of the Negro race.
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But, I submit, where all is plain there is nothing to be argued.
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America is false to its past and present declarations of liberty, and binds itself to be false to the futureTheir words
Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.
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The Fourth of July is his free audience's celebration, not his; they may rejoice, while he must mournTheir words
This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.