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The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no other motive than that which is furnished by dollars and cents, is so much worse than the most depraved murderer that he can never receive pardon at my hand.
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"The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no other motive than that which is furnished by dollars and cents, is so much worse than the most depraved murderer that he can never receive pardon at my hand."
— Abraham Lincoln

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The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no other motive than that which is furnished by dollars and cents, is so much worse than the most depraved murderer that he can never receive pardon at my hand. — Abraham Lincoln

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Who said "The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them…"?
This quote is attributed to Abraham Lincoln, a President from United States.
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Abraham Lincoln lived from 1809 – 1865.