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To be a slave was to be a human being under conditions in which that humanity was… — Julius Lester

To be a slave was to be a human being under conditions in which that humanity was denied. They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was slavery.

Julius Lester
To Be a Slave · 1968
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Slavery
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1968
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Julius Lester
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Lester, Julius. To Be a Slave. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1968, ch. 1.

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