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William H. Seward
American
May 16, 1801
Statesman
Therefore, states are equal in natural rights.
William H. Seward
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But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man.
William H. Seward
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There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery.
William H. Seward
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But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.
William H. Seward
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