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From a persuasion
that equal liberty is still the
Birthright of all Men, we earnestly entreat your
serious attention to the subject of Slavery; that you will be
pleased to countenance the Restoration of liberty to
those unhappy Men, who alone in this land of Freedom are degraded
into perpetual Bondage, that you will devise means for
removing this Inconsistency from the Character of
the American People
that equal liberty is still the
Birthright of all Men, we earnestly entreat your
serious attention to the subject of Slavery; that you will be
pleased to countenance the Restoration of liberty to
those unhappy Men, who alone in this land of Freedom are degraded
into perpetual Bondage, that you will devise means for
removing this Inconsistency from the Character of
the American People
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From a persuasion
that equal liberty
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is still the
Birthright of all Men,
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we earnestly entreat your
serious attention to the subject
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of Slavery; that you will be
pleased to countenance
00:00:13.813 --> 00:00:17.978
the Restoration of liberty to
those unhappy Men, who alone
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in this land of Freedom
00:00:20.999 --> 00:00:23.042
are degraded
into perpetual Bondage,
00:00:23.456 --> 00:00:28.121
that you will devise means for
removing this Inconsistency
00:00:28.016 --> 00:00:30.994
from the Character of
the American People.
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Movie Summary
Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.