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Mr. Jones own the cotton plantation[br]and many slaves.

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One day he was talking[br]to the owner of the plantation

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next to his and mr. Jones was [br]lamenting the fact that

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times were tough

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he was having to work his slaves [br]

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harder than ever

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and was having trouble with some

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of the being disobedient or [br]trying to run away

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The other plantation owner said he knew[br]someone who could help

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Day One

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One day mr. Jones called his slaves [br]together, so a man named

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mr. Smith could talk to them

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before beginning [br]mr. smith whispered to mr. Jones

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whatever I say do not contradict me or[br]interfere I promise you your slave

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troubles will end

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My name is mr. Smith he said[br]to the slaves

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and this may be the happiest day of your[br]lives from today forward you will no

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longer be slaves but freemen

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mr. Jones was so shocked he started[br]to step forward but mr. Smith

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gestured for him to remain silent

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he did, Only because the other plantation[br]owner had spoken so highly of

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mr. Smith's skills.

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You are no longer a[br]property of mr. Jones

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mr. Smith continued.

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You are free no more would [br]you be forced to labor for

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the benefit of mr. Jones

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Now you can work for yourselves.

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Now the slaves were all

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murmuring and looking at[br]each other

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Many were smiling. Many were looking[br]puzzled.

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In fact you are now free to[br]

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leave the plantation whenever you want

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mr. Smith said. However, since we are[br]surrounded by other plantations if you

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leave, some other plantation owner will[br]likely claim you as his own the moment

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you set foot on his property[br]leave some other plantation owner will[br]likely play new is his own the moment

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you set foot on his property

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so I urge you not to risk your new found[br]freedom by doing something so foolish

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Instead, I suggest you stay here no[br]longer as slaves but is willing

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participants

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and part owners of this plantation yes[br]this is now your plantation

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mr. Jones bit his tongue keep from[br]objecting. For now we might as well leave

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mr. Jones in charge said mr.[br]Smith

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Since he is the only one with any[br]experience in running a plantation which

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is quite a complicated thing to manage

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but he will no longer be your master but[br]just another worker on the plantation

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in fact he will now be using his[br]organizational and management skills to

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serve you

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whatever problems you may have had with[br]him before you are now all equals

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and you need each other to make this[br]work if we all cooperated and work together

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we can all reap the benefits together

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in honor of this happy occasion I[br]present you this new symbol togetherness

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and cooperation this flag which will be[br]the AM remove the new free

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Jones plantation he held up a new flag[br]but most of those listing were still to

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amaze to respond

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and this should be a model mister Smith[br]announced we work together as freemen

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for our mutual benefit pledging[br]allegiance to the Jones plantation which[br]and this should be a model mister Smith[br]announced we work together as freemen

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for our mutual benefit pledging[br]allegiance to the Jones plantation which

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stands for Prosperity liberty and[br]justice for all

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to celebrate everyone has the rest the[br]day off enjoy your freedom to do as you[br]stands for Prosperity liberty and[br]justice for all

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to celebrate everyone has the rest the[br]day off enjoy your freedom to do as you

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please and be back here tomorrow morning[br]bright an early

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so we may begin work on this great and[br]noble new endeavor

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as equal freemen flanagan missus mister[br]smith was serious

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former slaves applauded entry day too

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we all want this plantation to do well

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was dismissed said at the beginning of[br]the next meeting so we can all share the

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benefits

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we all know that it takes a lot of[br]effort to make cotton plantation work

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just because you're all free doesn't[br]mean you can't stop working

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infractions you now working for[br]yourselves I expect you to work even[br]just because you're all free doesn't[br]mean you can't stop working

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infractions you now working for[br]yourselves I expect you to work even

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harder than ever before

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but now with pride and joy in knowing[br]that you're working for yourselves

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of course I still have to be rules if[br]everyone just does whatever it wants the

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presentation will produce anything this[br]experiment will fail it will all stop

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you should be thankful mister Jones[br]agreed to stay on the lead his knowledge

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and skills to this endeavor

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and I trust you all do your own part to[br]make this work

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several have you been chosen actors[br]project supervisors to manage different

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aspect to the operation

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to make sure everyone is doing is[br]assigned job to make sure the rules are

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followed so long

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rescue you may head out to the fields to[br]start your first day workers free med

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day three the next morning mister[br]schmidt et a grim expression on his face

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is the daily meeting began[br]day three the next morning mister[br]schmidt et a grim expression on his face

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is the daily meeting began

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I have an unpleasant duty to do today he[br]said

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yesterday Charles was cocky pinter[br]McCartney picked

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presumably to sell for his own personal[br]profit that is against the rules

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that is still in for that Charles must[br]be punished

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two men tied Charles to the whipping[br]post I take no joy in this

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Smith continued but you must understand[br]if we do not maintain order if we do not

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have rules that we all abide by then the[br]plantation will fail

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and we will all suffer with cracked[br]against Charles

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back but if we all pitch in for the[br]common good and we can all prosper

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be in free doesn't mean you should be[br]selfish and greedy we missed each do our

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San duties and obey the rules and then[br]we can all benefit

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any jury will receive your appropriate[br]share the profits

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a young man named channel step forward[br]but if you and mister Jones aside the

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rules in with us if we disobey

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how's that any different from what we[br]had before how can you say that

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mister smith et I'm shocked your slave[br]before now you free

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they still need to be managed in[br]organized by those best qualified to do

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so

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do you know how to run a plantation[br]jamil

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well-known he answered but it will free[br]why do we get no say in what the rules

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are and how things work

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I'm surprised you're ingratitude mister[br]Smith answered

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not original plantation is run so you're[br]in no position in making decisions about

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how things are done here

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you don't seem to appreciate all the[br]things mister Jones Ryan sure you from

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protecting you from all the outside[br]trash

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you know nothing about those who would[br]come here capture and slave you're not

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for mister Jones protection

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to making sure that you all have food[br]and housing tools to work with the or

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cared for when sick injured and so on

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there wouldn't be a plantation at all no[br]cotton a pic know when to plant and

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harvest if not for him

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you should be grateful that he's made[br]possible the level of comfort you now

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here

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your lives really far worse if not for[br]him nevertheless as creating robert is

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rich in this endeavor from now on it[br]each maiden

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any worker may have to manage to ask[br]questions or suggestions or complaints

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with that the workers all seem satisfied[br]and headed out again to the fields

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to pick the cotton day for

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I have a big announcement mister smith[br]said is the daily meeting began

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mister Jones cousin is here not just to[br]visit and see our project is coming

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along

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it has been decided that from now on you[br]will be deciding who will manage the

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plantation

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of course this job can be done by just[br]anyone but every three months we will

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have a special meeting

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there which all the workers will vote on[br]whether we think mister Jones should run

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the plantation

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or whether we think his cousin mister[br]Johnson to run the plantation[br]the plantation

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or whether we think his cousin mister[br]Johnson to run the plantation

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that means that ultimately you line[br]charge because you will be deciding

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which man one run and things on your[br]behalf

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if you don't like the way things are[br]being managed you now have the power to

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change it

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amazed and pleased the workers headed[br]out again to the fields

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pick the cotton

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day

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past months past a year past

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and the plantation continue to operate[br]as before sometimes mister Jones was in

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charge sometimes mister Johnson was in[br]charge

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but the day-to-day routine state exactly[br]the same the workers were card

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long hours every day and still had[br]little to show for it

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every day the meeting would begin with[br]the mall reciting the Jones plantation

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model

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we work together as freemen for mutual[br]benefit

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pledging allegiance to the Jones[br]plantation which stands for Prosperity

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Liberty and justice for all one day[br]mister schmidt announced

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same rules as to say a few words this[br]mornin and whatever the rest was racing

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to his ideas and opinions we are all[br]free here

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and that means we're all allowed to[br]speak our minds so 70 you have to manage

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begin Samuel step forward

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looking scared I was excited when all[br]this started

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he began glancing nervously at mister[br]schmidt and mister Jones

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but don't you will see what's happened[br]here nothing's changed

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we're all still slaves grumbles a[br]disagreement from the crowd

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they tell us what to do and with those[br]who don't they still make all the rules

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and punishes we disobey

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sailors make suggestions and complain[br]about things but they never really

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change anything

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they let us choose between mister Jones[br]and mister Johnson

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but what's the difference the situation[br]stays the same

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we do all the work and they take as much[br]as they want and decide how much they'll

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let us keep

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they live in luxury made rich by the[br]cotton we pick

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we do all the work and have to build our[br]own hearts grow our own food intake air

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ourselves

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daily was just another we don't rule to[br]run away

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this is not freedom we're all still[br]slaves

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label change the words they use but[br]nothing else has changed

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they say we're all free and equal but[br]we're not they command and we obey

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that's not freedom that's not a quality[br]they say were free to leave but all that

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means is that we're free to be someone[br]else's slave

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why should we work /url by the rules we[br]didn't agree to this

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they made the system they forced it on[br]us the control in rob us

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and call it freedom them to see you into[br]thinking that being able to choose which

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slave master your workforce the same as[br]being free

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it's not open your honor's if you keep[br]what you produce the college Stephen

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when they take what you produce they[br]call it share it

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and fair distribution can't you see that[br]this is all

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your time user Shin mister Smith[br]announced calmly

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had his gesture to supervisors Graeme[br]Samuel by the arms and let into the

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whipping post

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I'm Saraceno but you broken the rules

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their rules against encouraging others[br]not to work in encouraging others to

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break the rules

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you're only hurting all those with your[br]discontentment and you're complaining in

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your disobedience

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the whip fell in central let out a grunt[br]without rules without order

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all would be lost without law there[br]would be chaos

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we can just behave as wild animals each[br]doing whatever he pleases

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we must all follow the plan all do our[br]duty for the betterment of everyone

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and those who do not must be punished[br]the with fell again in blood flowed

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freely from said

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back jamil it is you who are stealing[br]from the others

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when you don't do your sign work you are[br]making more work for others

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when you disobey the rules it is you who[br]are endangering the future everyone else

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here

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you are the thief you other criminal you[br]are the one trying to destroy the

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arrangement that keeps us all safe and[br]prosperous

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at every lash of the whip the other[br]workers cheered louder and louder some

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yelling

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curses Samuel being spoiled and selfish[br]you complain about everything talking as

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if you're oppressed but you are the one[br]ruling today

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you are the one key pressure being all[br]we could be it is you're greeted your

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rebelliousness that is hurting all of us

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they all play by the rules mister said[br]gesturing at the others

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what makes you think that you don't have[br]to you think you're above the law

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they're allowed yells agreement is the[br]whip fell again

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we must maintain or mister smith[br]proclaimed

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to make this plantation great to make it[br]so that we can all be happy and

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prosperous

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to have the society we want there has to[br]be rules

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we all have to contribute our fair share[br]this great endeavor

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and we cannot tolerate actions and[br]attitudes that seek to undermine the

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amazing things

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that together as freemen we have[br]achieved and will continue to achieve

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mister Jones was mine she gave mister[br]smith pat on the back

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the crowd was cheering so loudly that[br]none of them had noticed

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that showed died

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what you have been taught

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government and politics is no more[br]accurate or reasonable

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than what mister smith top the slaves if[br]you're ready to look through the veil[br]government and politics is no more[br]accurate or reasonable

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than what mister smith top the slaves if[br]you're ready to look through the veil

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rhetoric and propaganda to see the[br]reality pitney

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get a copy of the most dangerous[br]superstition

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it will change the way you see the world