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These words expressed precisely what had happened in Virginia.  She as well as other colonies, had perseveringly attempted to repress the slave-trade while the king had perseveringly used his veto to protect it.  The governor, clothed with the king's authority, had invited slaves to rise against their masters.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/historyoftheunit037601mbp History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the Continent, Volume IV], page 445</ref>
 
These words expressed precisely what had happened in Virginia.  She as well as other colonies, had perseveringly attempted to repress the slave-trade while the king had perseveringly used his veto to protect it.  The governor, clothed with the king's authority, had invited slaves to rise against their masters.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/historyoftheunit037601mbp History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the Continent, Volume IV], page 445</ref>
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Robert Dale Owen, an early abolitionist, regarded King George III as "a pillar of the slave-trade".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CSuWlNgwK4UC&pg=PA86 The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the United States], 1864</ref>
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Robert Dale Owen, an early abolitionist, regarded [[King George III]] as "a pillar of the slave-trade".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CSuWlNgwK4UC&pg=PA86 The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the United States], 1864</ref>
    
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