Strange, what brings these past things so vividly back to us, sometimes!
Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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