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Horace Mann: “Ay, I would not extend it one sixteen-thousandth part of a hair’s breadth.”

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Ay, I would not extend it one sixteen-thousandth part of a hair’s breadth.
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

This quote illustrates Mann's strong stance against the extension of slavery, highlighting his commitment to abolition.

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