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On a subject of such infinite importance I cannot be satisfied with a dictum; I want a demonstration.
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Mann insists on the need for demonstrable proof rather than mere assertions regarding slavery's impact.
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Old Virginia was the first to sow this land of ours with slavery; she is also the first to reap the full harvest of destruction.
They cannot do otherwise with laborers who work by compulsion, for the benefit only of their masters, and whose sole interest in the matter is to do as little and to consume as much as possible.
The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
The institution of slavery is against natural right.
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