And, seeking dignity as much as freedom, he counselled black people to desist from doing to others as had been done to them.
"While we do not authorize or condone the use of our music at this political event, and do ask that these candidates cease and desist from doing so, let us remember that there are things of greater importance at stake here.
While Democrats instantly saw an opportunity for Mr Obama to put a third justice on the court before he leaves office next January – and thus ensure it has a complexion more to his liberal liking for years to come – Republicans rose up as one to describe Mr Obama as a lame-duck President who should desist from doing any such thing.
Its critics ask it in the cause of social action, for example, to hire less qualified persons when better qualified workers are available, to provide workers with psychological income from their work, to desist from doing business in apartheid South Africa, to internalize the costs of doing business, and so forth.
At the same time, he made it clear that South Korea should "discontinue all the nuclear war drills they stage with outside forces," and "desist from doing anything that might aggravate the situation".
Therefore I desist from writing.
How can I desist from such an interesting hobby?
Anyway, it looks nice, though they might be getting a nice, juicy cease and desist from Apple for doing such a blatant ripoff of Cover Flow.
I have ceased and desisted from my trolling now.
Israel, maintaining its "ceasefire", desisted from large-scale military action.
Given the low percentage, we desisted from excluding the individuals concerned.
