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		HappyDreamer on March 25, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What do slaveholders think? I also think this added emphasis. I liked the way the author phrased it, i.e. "...everywhere illegal". To me, it gave the impression of focusing on the word "everywhere". (I'm not a native speaker.)

kwhitefoot on March 25, 2017 [–]

> it gave the impression of focusing on the word "everywhere"

That's precisely my understanding of it. I am a native English speaker (British English).

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