Can aught be conceived more absurd or preposterous than that the prisoner should go round the streets of Washington, picking up a slave here and there, to complete his cargo, as the driver of a stage-coach goes round picking up passengers?
Mann uses a metaphor to illustrate the absurdity of the idea that the prisoner could casually gather enslaved people like passengers, highlighting the complexities of enslavement.
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