"One Cartwright brought a Slave from Russia, and would scourge him, for which he was questioned: and it was resolved, That England was too pure an Air for Slaves to breathe in."
— History of slavery

January 1, 1970

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Anonymous (17 November 1568 – 16 November 1569; "In the 11th of Elizabeth"), in John Rushworth, Historical Collections (1680–1722), vol. 2, p. 468