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The colonists are by the law of nature free born, as indeed all man are, white or black.... It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.

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Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus

Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus or Ealhwine (c. 735 - May 19, 804) was a scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York, England. He was born around 735 and became the student of Egbert at York. At the invitation of Charlemagne, he became a leading scholar and teacher at the Carolingian court, where he remained a figure at court in the 780s and 790s. He wrote many theological and dogmatic treatises, as well as a few grammatical works and a number of poems. He was made abbot of Saint Martin's at Tours in 796, where he remained until his death. He is considered among the most important architects of the Carolingian Renaissance. Among his pupils were many of the dominant intellectuals of the Carolingian era.

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