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The region is continental over which the law unconstitutionally extends, and this corresponds with the vast inhumanity of the principle which so extends it.
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Mann critiques the expansive reach of laws that support slavery, highlighting their moral implications.
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A southern slave stands higher, politically, than a northern laborer, if the latter must vote as his employer dictates.
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