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Beyond those limits, “No more slave territories, no more slave states,” is the doctrine by which I, for one, shall live and die.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Beyond those limits, “No more slave territories, no more slave states,” is the doctrine by which I, for one, shall live…”
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Mann declares his commitment to the doctrine of no further expansion of slavery, emphasizing his moral stance.
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