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If, therefore, there is any ingredient of wrong in this institution, we ought not to adopt it, or to permit it, even though it should pour wealth in golden showers over the whole surface of the land.
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Mann argues that if slavery is inherently wrong, it should not be accepted for any potential economic benefits.
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