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It found slavery in existence in the states; and it does not abolish it, or interfere with it, because it has no power of “exclusive legislation” in them.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “It found slavery in existence in the states; and it does not abolish it, or interfere with it, because it has no power…”
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Mann explains that Congress does not interfere with slavery in the states due to a lack of power over them.
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