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If difficult for a slave claimant, from Texas, to prove title to his slave in Massachusetts, how infinitely more difficult for a citizen of Massachusetts to prove title to himself in Texas.
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Mann illustrates the difficulty for a free person to prove their freedom in a hostile legal environment.
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