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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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