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Segundo Ruiz Belvis Quotes


Brief author info: Segundo Ruiz Belvis (1829-1867) Puerto Rican lawyer Commissioner to the Spanish government in Madrid when Puerto Rico was under Spanish rule. Active abolitionist; in 1867 presented his famous Informe (Report), detailing and condemning slavery in Puerto Rico; exiled for his views.


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We do not give [slaves] what is more important than food or clothing or kindness. We do not give them freedom.
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