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But Congress has as much right to go into any state and abolish slavery there, as any state, even Virginia or Maryland, has to come into this District with its laws and establish slavery here.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “But Congress has as much right to go into any state and abolish slavery there, as any state, even Virginia or Maryland…”
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Mann argues that Congress has no right to abolish slavery in the states, just as states cannot impose slavery in the District.
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