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on 3/5/1786
"It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people."
with
in 1786
in Rome
Jean Alaux – – Louis Vincent Leon Palliere in his studio at the Villa Medici Rome
on 3/15/1786
"It is much to be wished that slavery may be abolished. The honour of the States, as well as justice and humanity, in my opinion, loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people. To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to others, involves an inconsistency not to be excused."
![Picture of the Moor Benedict in 1786 [Santo Negro, portrait of San Beníto de Palermo, also known as St. Benedict the Moor.]](http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1249500&t=w)
