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Horace Mann: “Not every man engaged in manufactures or in commerce has yielded to the seductions of this tempter.”

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Not every man engaged in manufactures or in commerce has yielded to the seductions of this tempter.
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

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Horace Mann critiques the moral compromises made by individuals in commerce regarding slavery.

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