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The alleged slave may have been amongst us for fifty years; he may have earned property, be married, and surrounded by children.
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Mann reflects on the humanity and rights of enslaved individuals, emphasizing their long-standing presence in society.
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So far as legal rights against his oppressors are concerned, the slave lives in such a world of darkness.
Did the law ever contemplate so cruel and revengeful a proceeding?
Is there not one spot where we can stand side by side, as friends, sympathize with each other, and act together in harmony?
Whoever intercepts knowledge, therefore, on its passage to a human soul; whoever strikes down the hand that is outstretched to grasp it, is guilty of one of the most heinous of offences.
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