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Ay, I would not extend it one sixteen-thousandth part of a hair’s breadth.
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This quote illustrates Mann's strong stance against the extension of slavery, highlighting his commitment to abolition.
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Can any man give a reason why Norfolk should not have grown like New York, other than the difference in the institutions of the people?
Slavery is an unspeakable wrong to the conscience.
Even cold, barren New England, though more than twice as thickly peopled, grew in population at a faster rate than these old slave states.
Her lowland neighbors of Maryland and the Carolinas were not far behind at the seeding; nor are they far behind at the ingathering of desolation.
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