The number of mechanics, in different parts of the south, is in the inverse ratio of the number of slaves; or in other words, where the slaves form the largest proportion of the inhabitants, there the mechanics and manufacturers form the least.
Mann presents a correlation between the number of slaves and the scarcity of mechanics in the south.
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Better be debarred from the privilege of voting at all, than to be mocked with the form, while cheated of the substance.
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