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But now, as slavery has existed practically in this District for half a century, it is proper to pass a law abolishing it.
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Mann advocates for the abolition of slavery in the District, highlighting its long-standing presence.
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Can any man give a reason why Norfolk should not have grown like New York, other than the difference in the institutions of the people?
They cannot do otherwise with laborers who work by compulsion, for the benefit only of their masters, and whose sole interest in the matter is to do as little and to consume as much as possible.
He that chooses to employ a sort of labor that yields only half as much to the hand as another sort would yield, makes a choice that is not only unprofitable, but deeply injurious to his interest.
Once a day the hatches were opened, to receive food and to disgorge the dead.
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