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Wendell Phillips
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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
Jurist
Lawyer
Politician
Boston
Massachusetts
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Newspapers
Morning
Government
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Will the slave fight? If any man asks you, tell him No. But if anyone asks you will a Negro fight, tell him Yes!
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War and Niagara thunder to a music of their own.
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