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It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.

Thomas Clarkson

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Thomas Clarkson
Age: 86 †
Born: 1760
Born: March 28
Died: 1846
Died: September 26
Abolitionist
Politician
Writer
Wisbech
Cambridgeshire
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Liberty
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