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us and our ancestors ... we

The people speak as if they were present with their ancestors, and interchange the words "us" and "we" with "our ancestors." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns)

house of slavery

Here "house" is an idiom that refers to the location of their slavery. AT: "place where we were slaves" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

nations through whom we passed

"nations that we passed through"

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