The Devil's Dictionary: Emancipation
Updated May 14, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
EMANCIPATION
-n.
A bondman's change from the tyranny of another to the despotism of himself.
He was a slave: at word he went and came;
His iron collar cut him to the bone.
Then Liberty erased his owner's name,
Tightened the rivets and inscribed his own.
His iron collar cut him to the bone.
Then Liberty erased his owner's name,
Tightened the rivets and inscribed his own.
-G.J.
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