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“In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.”
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The quote says that every person carries a natural love of freedom. Because of this, people cannot easily accept oppression and strongly long to be released from it. “Pants for Deliverance” is a vivid way of saying that the desire for freedom can feel urgent and deeply felt.
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- PBS, Africans in America: Letter to Reverend Samson Occum
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