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By Harriet Beecher Stowe
…what country have I, but the grave,—and I wish to God that I was laid there!
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- Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, vol. I (1852), 1852 · Vol. I, Chapter XI, "In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind", p. 162 (printed page number, seen)
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- Internet Archive (scan of vol. I of the 1852 two-volume edition, Boston: John P. Jewett & Company; Cleveland: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington)
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From Chapter XI, "In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind", of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (Boston: John P. Jewett, 1852, vol. I). Spoken by the character George Harris to Mr. Wilson, who has told him he is setting himself against the laws of his country. The quote starts mid-speech: George first says "My country!".