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Thousands will start up, who will think it as much a duty and an honor to assist the slaves in any contest with their masters, as to assist Greeks, or Poles, or Hungarians, in resisting their tyrants.
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Mann emphasizes the moral duty to assist enslaved individuals in their struggle for freedom, comparing it to historical struggles against tyranny.
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