Davis, of Massachusetts, said, that however it might be with regard to employing slaves in New Mexico for raising crops of corn or cotton, there was still one purpose to which they might be applied,--the most odious of all purposes,--to raising crops from themselves.
Mann highlights the abhorrent use of slaves for labor in New Mexico, emphasizing the moral implications.
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The dearest and most precious of all human rights is the right of private judgment in matters of religion.
Whoever intercepts knowledge, therefore, on its passage to a human soul; whoever strikes down the hand that is outstretched to grasp it, is guilty of one of the most heinous of offences.
The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
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