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The constitutionality or unconstitutionality of the Fugitive Slave law is not a question to be determined solely by any single and simple provision of the fundamental law.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “The constitutionality or unconstitutionality of the Fugitive Slave law is not a question to be determined solely by any…”
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Mann asserts that determining the law's constitutionality requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple constitutional provisions.
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