To Reduce This Claim Of Slavery To An Absurdity, It Is Only Necessary To Add That There Are Only Two States In Which Slaves Are A Majority, And Not One In Which The Slaveholders Are Not A Very Disproportionate Minority. - SearchQuotes

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To reduce this claim of slavery to an absurdity, it is only necessary to add that there are only two states in which slaves are a majority, and not one in which the slaveholders are not a very disproportionate minority.

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