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We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.
Thomas Clarkson
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Thomas Clarkson
Age: 86 †
Born: 1760
Born: March 28
Died: 1846
Died: September 26
Abolitionist
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Wisbech
Cambridgeshire
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