Carolina QuotesWe used to own our slaves; now we just rent them.
Edward R. Murrow Carolinian
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Attributed by Murrow to an unnamed farmer in "Harvest of Shame", CBS Reports (24 November 1960)
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- 1960
misattributed
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“We used to own our slaves; now we just rent them.” Edward R. Murrow. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-DC7B4D6072. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/dc7b4d6072
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