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The slave child must be allowed to use his limbs, or how could he drudge out his life in the service of his master?
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “The slave child must be allowed to use his limbs, or how could he drudge out his life in the service of his master?”
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Mann emphasizes the necessity of physical freedom for enslaved children to survive and serve their masters.
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