Patrick was really a first-- the first missionary to barbarians beyond the reach of Roman law..."Every day I am ready to be murdered, betrayed, enslaved-- whatever may come my way."
...[Patrick was] the first human being in the history of the world to speak out unequivocally against slavery.
--From How the Irish Saved Civilization (1995), by Thomas Cahill
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