Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). rn The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
(American essayist, philosopher and poet. The two stanzas following, which may be said to sum up the revolutionary view of the subject of confiscation, are taken from a poem read in Boston on Emancipation day, January 1, 1863)T
So only are ye unbound;
Lift up a people from the dust,
Trump of their rescue, sound!
And fill the bag to the brim.
Who is the owner? The slave is owner,
And ever was. Pay him.