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But there is another inquiry which the champions of slavery have got to answer before the world and before Heaven.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “But there is another inquiry which the champions of slavery have got to answer before the world and before Heaven.”
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Mann calls for accountability from those who defend slavery, urging them to justify their actions before society and a higher moral authority.
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