"Let us take care of our rights, and we therein take care of our property. 'Slavery is ever preceded by sleep.'"
— John Dickinson

January 1, 1970

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From Letters from a Farmer, in Pennsylvania, to the inhabitants of the British Colonies, Letter XII, Dickinson, Philadelphia