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The idea is abhorrent to the whole spirit of the constitution.
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Mann expresses that the concept of slavery contradicts the spirit of the constitution.
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Even cold, barren New England, though more than twice as thickly peopled, grew in population at a faster rate than these old slave states.
The institution of slavery is against natural right.
This is the reciprocity of slave law.--to be forever liable to be proved guilty, but never able to prove himself innocent; to be subject to all punishments, but, through his own oath, to no protection.
It is only in the land of slaves that they are blotted out and annihilated.
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