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Will you make your laws horribly penal, in order to deter slaves from escaping by fear?
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Will you make your laws horribly penal, in order to deter slaves from escaping by fear?”
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Mann challenges the morality of using harsh laws to deter enslaved individuals from escaping.
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