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The argument which the lawyers call ab inconvenienti,--the argument from inconvenience,--has been pressed into the service of the slaveholder to endanger the liberties of the citizen.
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Mann critiques the use of legal arguments that prioritize the convenience of slaveholders over citizens' liberties.
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Men of Massachusetts! moral and religious men! lovers of freedom and of your country, were you prepared for this?
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