413 Walt Whitman - "Song of Myself"
The History of Literature
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The Slave Trade, the Auction Block, Was Different
Whitman also witnessed the slave trade, as we've talked about. Trust me, in new orleans. There was no denying how horendos things were at that moment. The accounts might be something that you dismiss as propaganda for the other side. It's easy to be deceived when the truth is awful and inconvenient. But theslave trade, the auction block, was different. there was no denying the starkness of what was happening.
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