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Take them all,--mulatto, mestizo, zambo, and all “the vast variety of man,” so far as color is concerned,--and if they had not their existence here, they would have had it in Africa!
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Take them all,--mulatto, mestizo, zambo, and all “the vast variety of man,” so far as color is concerned,--and if they…”
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Mann argues that the existence of diverse racial identities in America does not justify their forced presence.
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