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Like lotteries, or polygamy, or infanticide, it can legally exist in no land where the principles of the common law prevail, until it is legalized and sanctioned by a special law.
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Mann argues that slavery, like other morally questionable practices, can only exist where local laws permit it, challenging its legality under common law.
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