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The idea that Massachusetts should contribute or consent to the extension of human slavery!--is it not enough, not merely to arouse the living from their torpor, but the dead from their graves!
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Mann passionately argues against Massachusetts' complicity in the extension of slavery, calling for a moral awakening.
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