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But the Fugitive Slave act knows no mercy or compassion of this kind.
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Mann criticizes the Fugitive Slave Act for its lack of mercy and compassion.
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Her black children have sucked her so dry, that now, for a long time past, she has not milk enough for her offspring, either black or white.
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Answer: She is in a country in which slavery is established by law.
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