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- ↑ Garnet, Henry Highland. (1843) Henry Highland Garnet, "An Address To The Slaves Of The Corrupted United States", full text.
- ↑ Douglass, Frederick. The Heroic Slave Archived 2010-01-18 at the Wayback Machine , full text with commentary.
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