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Freed slaves, unlike in Rome, must be removed beyond the reach of racial mixture
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- Thomas Jefferson Third US President (1743 to 1826)
Among the Romans emancipation required but one effort. The slave, when made free, might mix with, without staining the blood of his master. But with us a second is necessary, unknown to history. When freed, he is to be removed beyond the reach of mixture.
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↗Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XIV: Laws (1853 edition)en.wikisource.org
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