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By authority of Congress, the city of Washington is the Congo of America.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “By authority of Congress, the city of Washington is the Congo of America.”
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Mann describes Washington, D.C. as a symbol of American slavery, likening it to the Congo.
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