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Manifesto: To end Health care slavery, "Now"

Unfortunately we need to reinstate the American Anti-Slavery Society

In December 1833, more than 60 abolitionists met in Philadelphia and founded the American Anti-Slavery Society. Devoted to immediate and uncompensated emancipation for American slaves, the members of the society drafted the following manifesto to articulate clearly their goals. They based their opposition to slavery both on the principle of equality as stated in the Declaration of Independence and on the commands of Biblical scripture. Maintaining that slavery was a grievous sin, the society championed nonviolence and racial equality. Its membership included all Americans. Manifesto: To end Health care slavery, “Now”

A call for the immediate, uncompensated abolition of Health care slavery, “Now, I ask you, had you not rather be killed than to be a slave to a tyrant, who takes the life of your mother, wife, and dear little children? Look upon your mother, wife and children, and answer God Almighty; and believe this, that it is no more harm for you to kill a man, who is trying to kill you, than it is for you to take a drink of water when thirsty; in fact, the man who will stand still and let another murder him, is worse than an infidel, and, if he has common sense, ought not to be pitied."

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 A manifesto has been demonstrated to function in promoting undifferentiating freedom. Let my people go! Says the Lord of hosts,

Bob’s Manifesto: Bob was born to a Health care slave father and mother. Despite his difficult childhood, Bob got through college, married his loving wife, was blessed with his beautiful little girl and was grateful to have work to support his family during the Great Depression. But it was all short-lived. His wife Evelyn’s bout with cancer stripped them of all their savings and Bob and his daughter were forced to live in the Chicago slums. Evelyn was going to die within a year. Bob struggled to give hope to his little girl, but he could barely afford to buy her a Christmas present. Bob had to use what little he had to work with to transform their lives – even if just for a moment – into something positive and hopeful

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Bob with your pockets emptied out help us end the apartheid, and to stop this type of slavery, now
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