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At what elevation will the whip fall from the hand of the master, and the fetter from the limbs of the slave?
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “At what elevation will the whip fall from the hand of the master, and the fetter from the limbs of the slave?”
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Mann questions at what point a master relinquishes control over a slave.
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