On the record
Multitudes of the slaves of the south bear about upon their persons a brand as indelible as that of Cain; but the mark has been fastened upon them, not for their own crimes, but for the crimes of their fathers.
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Mann highlights the inherited stigma faced by many slaves, linking it to the sins of their ancestors.
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