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Quotes from The Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico — José Martí

1853–1895 Cuba

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The whole afternoon was spent rejoicing as the demonstration spread across the city; no one walked alone for all San Juan was a single family.

The Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico (1893)

Many houses were still full of light when, at the close of March 22, the people of the Círculo returned to their homes, which were gladdened with a fleeting gladness by an hour of justice — for there are still many slaves, black and white, in Puerto Rico!

The Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico (1893)

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