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I would say to them, ‘Set me free [from slavery].’

Representative Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), on what she’d say to fellow Brooklynites if she could time-travel to 1898. Slavery was outlawed in New York State in 1827.

Watch the whole exchange on Stephen Colbert.

# posted September 06, 2012
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