How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Page)
Quote #10
Slavery was dead and gone; all men were equal before the law; taxation had been equalized. (40.2)
Hank really stresses the need to free everyone. This is his triumphant moment in the book, the champion's strut just before the big stumble. Twain lets us know exactly how important it is, and he even mentions it before discovering America in the paragraph so that we see it front and center.