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barbarous laws of slavery, by the money I had paid for myself. If Isaac would only have been honest enough to adhere to his bargain, I would have adhered to mine, and paid him all I had promised. But his attempt to kidnap me again, after having pocketed three-fourthsof my market value, in my opinion absolved me from all obligation to pay him any more, or to continue in a position which exposed me to his machinations.
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