Slaves cannot breathe in England if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free They touch our country, and their shackles fall. (William Cowper)

Slaves cannot breathe in England if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free They touch our country, and their shackles fall.

William Cowper

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