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I would rather be a freeman among slaves than a slave among freemen.
I would rather be a freeman among slaves than a slave among freemen.
Approximate author period: c. 1706 AD · early modern
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- Author or tradition
- Jonathan Swift
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- Approximate author period: c. 1706 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1667–1745)
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Freedom · anthology attribution: Swift
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