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In 1829, Hopper moved his family to New York to run a bookstore established by the
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In 1845, he gave up his offices with the Anti-Slavery
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of New York, once said to him: "Friend Hopper, I will pardon any convict whom you say you conscientiously believe I ought to pardon."
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