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“Now, woman is confronted with the necessity of emancipating herself from emancipation, if she really desires to be free.” Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays
“A man must be disposed to judge of emancipation by other tests than whether it has increased the produce of sugar,—and to hate slavery for other reasons than because it starves men and whips women,—before he is ready to lay the first stone of...” Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
“I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.” Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
“None but ourselves can free our minds!” Bob Marley, Redemption Song
“You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.” Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
“What have I always believed? That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said, but according to what seemed decent and honest inside, then it would, at the end, more or less, turn out all right.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“Give a girl an education, and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without farther expense to anybody.” Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

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Frederick Douglass (3)
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Emma Goldman (1)

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (3)
Redemption Song (1)
Anarchism and Other Essays (1)
Small Gods (1)
Mansfield Park (1)