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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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Mann argues that the existence of diverse racial identities in America does not justify their forced presence.
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Has the fact never yet come to the knowledge of the magistrates of the District of Columbia, that the constitution of the United States declares that “excessive bail shall not be required”?
Did the law ever contemplate so cruel and revengeful a proceeding?
Whoever intercepts knowledge, therefore, on its passage to a human soul; whoever strikes down the hand that is outstretched to grasp it, is guilty of one of the most heinous of offences.
Cast it off, West Virginians, whilst yet you have the power; for if you let it descend unbroken to your children, it will have grown to a mountain of misery upon their heads.
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