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Mr. Jones own the cotton plantation
and many slaves.

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One day he was talking
to the owner of the plantation

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

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times were tough

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he was having to work his slaves 


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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 
trying to run away

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The other plantation owner said he knew
someone who could help

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Day One

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

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mr. Smith could talk to them

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before beginning 
mr. smith whispered to mr. Jones

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

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troubles will end

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My name is mr. Smith he said
to the slaves

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and this may be the happiest day of your
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
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
owner had spoken so highly of

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mr. Smith's skills.

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You are no longer a
property of mr. Jones

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mr. Smith continued.

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You are free no more would 
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
each other

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Many were smiling. Many were looking
puzzled.

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In fact you are now free to


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leave the plantation whenever you want

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

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

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you set foot on his property
leave some other plantation owner will
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
freedom by doing something so foolish

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

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participants

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and part owners of this plantation yes
this is now your plantation

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

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mr. Jones in charge said mr.
Smith

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Since he is the only one with any
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
just another worker on the plantation

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

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serve you

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

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and you need each other to make this
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
present you this new symbol togetherness

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

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Jones plantation he held up a new flag
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
announced we work together as freemen

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

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for our mutual benefit pledging
allegiance to the Jones plantation which

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stands for Prosperity liberty and
justice for all

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

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

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please and be back here tomorrow morning
bright an early

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

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as equal freemen flanagan missus mister
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
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
effort to make cotton plantation work

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

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

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infractions you now working for
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
that you're working for yourselves

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

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presentation will produce anything this
experiment will fail it will all stop

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you should be thankful mister Jones
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
make this work

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several have you been chosen actors
project supervisors to manage different

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aspect to the operation

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to make sure everyone is doing is
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
start your first day workers free med

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

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is the daily meeting began
day three the next morning mister
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
said

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yesterday Charles was cocky pinter
McCartney picked

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

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that is still in for that Charles must
be punished

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

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

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

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and we will all suffer with cracked
against Charles

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

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

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San duties and obey the rules and then
we can all benefit

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any jury will receive your appropriate
share the profits

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a young man named channel step forward
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
had before how can you say that

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

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

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so

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do you know how to run a plantation
jamil

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well-known he answered but it will free
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
Smith answered

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not original plantation is run so you're
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
things mister Jones Ryan sure you from

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protecting you from all the outside
trash

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you know nothing about those who would
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
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
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
possible the level of comfort you now

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here

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

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rich in this endeavor from now on it
each maiden

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any worker may have to manage to ask
questions or suggestions or complaints

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with that the workers all seem satisfied
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
said is the daily meeting began

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mister Jones cousin is here not just to
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
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
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
whether we think mister Jones should run

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the plantation

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

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

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that means that ultimately you line
charge because you will be deciding

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which man one run and things on your
behalf

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

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change it

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amazed and pleased the workers headed
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
as before sometimes mister Jones was in

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charge sometimes mister Johnson was in
charge

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

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

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every day the meeting would begin with
the mall reciting the Jones plantation

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model

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we work together as freemen for mutual
benefit

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pledging allegiance to the Jones
plantation which stands for Prosperity

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Liberty and justice for all one day
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same rules as to say a few words this
mornin and whatever the rest was racing

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to his ideas and opinions we are all
free here

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and that means we're all allowed to
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
this started

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he began glancing nervously at mister
schmidt and mister Jones

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

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

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they tell us what to do and with those
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
about things but they never really

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change anything

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they let us choose between mister Jones
and mister Johnson

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but what's the difference the situation
stays the same

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we do all the work and they take as much
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
cotton we pick

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we do all the work and have to build our
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
run away

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this is not freedom we're all still
slaves

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label change the words they use but
nothing else has changed

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

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

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

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

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they made the system they forced it on
us the control in rob us

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

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slave master your workforce the same as
being free

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

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when they take what you produce they
call it share it

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

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your time user Shin mister Smith
announced calmly

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had his gesture to supervisors Graeme
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
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
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
without rules without order

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all would be lost without law there
would be chaos

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

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

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and those who do not must be punished
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
from the others

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

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

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here

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you are the thief you other criminal you
are the one trying to destroy the

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arrangement that keeps us all safe and
prosperous

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

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yelling

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

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if you're oppressed but you are the one
ruling today

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you are the one key pressure being all
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
gesturing at the others

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

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they're allowed yells agreement is the
whip fell again

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we must maintain or mister smith
proclaimed

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to make this plantation great to make it
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
be rules

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we all have to contribute our fair share
this great endeavor

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and we cannot tolerate actions and
attitudes that seek to undermine the

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amazing things

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

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mister Jones was mine she gave mister
smith pat on the back

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the crowd was cheering so loudly that
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
accurate or reasonable

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

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

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rhetoric and propaganda to see the
reality pitney

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get a copy of the most dangerous
superstition

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it will change the way you see the world