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All the noblest instincts of human nature rebel against it.
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Mann asserts that human nature inherently opposes slavery, reflecting a universal moral instinct.
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So far from facilitating the increase of individual or national wealth, slavery retards both.
The institution of slavery is against natural right.
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Even cold, barren New England, though more than twice as thickly peopled, grew in population at a faster rate than these old slave states.
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