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The kidnapper, Alberti, now lies in a Pennsylvania prison for carrying away a mother and her child; but the mother and the child are now groaning under the lash of a southern taskmaster.
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Mann highlights the plight of a mother and child who were kidnapped and subjected to slavery, emphasizing the injustice of their situation.
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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 institution of slavery is against natural right.
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