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It makes a man incapable of acquiring, inheriting, or transmitting property; incapable of holding office, or acting as attorney for others; and it shuts the door of the courts against him.
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Mann highlights the legal incapacities imposed on individuals by slavery, emphasizing its dehumanizing effects.
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