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I would rather go out, and die on that gallows, than live a slave.
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The speaker says that death by hanging would be preferable to continuing life as a slave. The contrast is between losing life and losing freedom: even execution seems better than remaining under another person’s control. The words express a firm refusal to accept slavery, whatever the cost.
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- Rev. Henry Bleby, Speech on the Results of Emancipation (contemporary account)
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- Official Statement
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