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For, if slavery can be carried into any of our territories by force of the constitution, it can into all of them; and if carried into all of them, the exception becomes the rule, and the rule perishes.
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Mann warns that if slavery is allowed in any territory, it undermines the principle of freedom and could lead to its widespread acceptance.
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