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The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery other than in prisons - but it was a lie that you regained your freedom once you left the prison gates.
Susan Burton
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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. George Washington
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