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Slavery
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“
Base is the slave that pays.
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William Shakespeare,
Henry V
(c. 1599), Act II, scene 1, line 100
Wikiquote: "Slavery"
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“
You have among you many a purchas'd slave, Which, like your asses and your dogs and mules, You use in abject and in slavish parts, Because you bought them.
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William Shakespeare,
The Merchant of Venice
(late 1590s), Act IV, scene 1, line 90
Wikiquote: "Slavery"
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