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said Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
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"Twenty-thousand lives are annually sacrificed
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on the plantations of the South.
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Such a sight
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should send a thrill of horror through the nerves of civilization
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and impel the heart of humanity to lofty deeds.
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So it might, if men had not found out"
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and here's her phrase worth remembering--
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"a fearful alchemy
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by which this blood can be transformed into gold.
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Instead of listening to the cry of agony
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they listen to the ring of dollars