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Now, I have two objections to this law, which absolve me from all obligations to execute it, or, in any way or manner, to assist in executing it.
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Mann outlines two reasons why he feels justified in refusing to comply with the Fugitive Slave Law.
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Answer: She is in a country in which slavery is established by law.
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