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He that refuses them, disobeys every precept of the Savior, and has no more right to call himself a Christian, than has the Fejee islander, when he rises from his cannibal banquet.
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Mann argues that refusing to aid escaped slaves is a betrayal of Christian principles, equating it to cannibalism.
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