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Quakers . . . forbid any act that acknowledged the right of slavery. Quaker meetings in western New York advised [Quakers] not to use any product â€" no cotton cloth, no white sugar â€" made with the unpaid labor of slaves. Good Quakers used maple sugar in their coffee. - Christopher Densmore, Historian

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Word Lists:

Forbid : refuse to allow (something)

Slave : a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to work for and obey them; an enslaved person

Acknowledge : accept or admit the existence or truth of

Product : an article or substance that is manufactured or refined for sale

Labor : work, especially hard physical work

Advise : offer suggestions about the best course of action to someone

Right : morally good, justified, or acceptable

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Rating: A Words in the Passage: 49 Unique Words: 40 Sentences: 5
Noun: 27 Conjunction: 1 Adverb: 1 Interjection: 0
Adjective: 6 Pronoun: 1 Verb: 5 Preposition: 6
Letter Count: 245 Sentiment: Positive Tone: Formal Difficult Words: 20
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