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Lesson 6 Document 9 A merrier being does not exist on the face of the globe, than the negro slave. Why, then, since the slave is happy,. . . should we endeavor to disturb his contentment by infusing into his mind a vain and indefinite desire for liberty — a something which he cannot comprehend, and which must inevitably dry up the very sources of his happiness. . . ? Thomas R. Dew, Review of the Debate in the Virginia Legislature of 1831 and 1832. Richmond. T. W. White, 1832, pp. 106-13 passim
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