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Now, a slave is a person deprived of his liberty and property, without any process of law.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Now, a slave is a person deprived of his liberty and property, without any process of law.”
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Mann defines a slave as someone who is stripped of their liberty and property without legal recourse.
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