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Who does not know that a slave, who can rationally hope to purchase his freedom, will do all the work he ever did before, and earn his freedom-money besides?
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Who does not know that a slave, who can rationally hope to purchase his freedom, will do all the work he ever did…”
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Mann argues that the hope of freedom motivates enslaved individuals to work harder.
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