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All the time and all the way, he has the solemn pledge of the government, that if not found guilty on the prosecution then pending, he shall be discharged.
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Mann asserts that the government guarantees the rights of a person until proven guilty in a legal proceeding.
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Answer: She is in a country in which slavery is established by law.
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