By day and by night, at all times and every where, he is the victim of an energetic and comprehensive system of measures, which blot out his senses, paralyze his mind, degrade and brutify his nature, and suppress the instinctive workings of truth, generosity, and manhood in his breast.
Mann depicts the comprehensive oppression faced by slaves, which stifles their humanity and potential.
Share
More from Horace Mann
Once a day the hatches were opened, to receive food and to disgorge the dead.
The dearest and most precious of all human rights is the right of private judgment in matters of religion.
So far from facilitating the increase of individual or national wealth, slavery retards both.
Her black children have sucked her so dry, that now, for a long time past, she has not milk enough for her offspring, either black or white.
Other voices in this conversation
