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Old 01-08-2008, 09:26 PM   #412
Radar
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey View Post
The word SLAVES plays no part here. It's not in the passage.
The word slaves does play a part. There is only one kind of person that is imported or migrated for which a duty or tax is paid for....a slave.

Deny it all you want, but that's the truth. That clause refers ONLY to slaves and to nobody else.
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