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Or who, under the constitution, is such a “person” as cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property, by virtue of an act of Congress, without due process of law?
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

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Mann explores who qualifies as a 'person' under the Constitution regarding due process protections.

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