DaShanne StokesAn institution rooted in slavery can never set us free.
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If you are in an institution that has roots in slavery, that institution will never set you free. This is because it is based on the slave system. Slavery was not abolished until the end of the American Civil War. Then, only when the slaves were freed could they be set free.
The institution of slavery was not destroyed by abolitionists working outside of slavery’s borders. It was destroyed by people who lived within the institution of slavery itself.
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