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Or, suppose, in pursuance of the “manifest destiny” principle, we should re-annex a part of China to this Union, could the Chinese, on removing to California, carry the practice of infanticide with them?
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Mann uses a provocative example to question whether practices like infanticide could be carried into new territories, drawing a parallel to slavery.
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