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Today the white child is sold for two dollars a week to the manufacturers.
Mother Jones
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Mother Jones
Age: 100 †
Born: 1830
Born: May 1
Died: 1930
Died: November 30
Human Rights Activist
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I live in the United States, but I do not know exactly where. My address is wherever there is a fight against oppression.
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I want to hold a series of meetings all over the country and get the facts before the American people
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I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.
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I will tell the truth wherever I please.
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If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!
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