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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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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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They cannot do otherwise with laborers who work by compulsion, for the benefit only of their masters, and whose sole interest in the matter is to do as little and to consume as much as possible.
Is there not one spot where we can stand side by side, as friends, sympathize with each other, and act together in harmony?
No man of common sense, who has observed this result, can doubt for a moment that the system of free labor promotes the growth and prosperity of states in a much higher degree than the system of slave labor.
Has the fact never yet come to the knowledge of the magistrates of the District of Columbia, that the constitution of the United States declares that “excessive bail shall not be required”?
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