“ A nation has a right to argue, remonstrate, implore, and present the cause of its race,—which an individual has not. ”
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). copy citation
| Author | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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| Source | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Topic | present nation |
| Date | 1852 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/203/203-h/203-h.htm |
Context
“But, what can I do for them, here? Can I break their chains? No, not as an individual; but, let me go and form part of a nation, which shall have a voice in the councils of nations, and then we can speak. A nation has a right to argue, remonstrate, implore, and present the cause of its race,—which an individual has not.
"If Europe ever becomes a grand council of free nations,—as I trust in God it will,—if, there, serfdom, and all unjust and oppressive social inequalities, are done away; and if they, as France and England have done, acknowledge our position,—then, in the great congress of nations, we will make our appeal, and present the cause of our enslaved and suffering race;”
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