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Slavery being against natural right, can only exist by virtue of positive law, backed by force sufficient to protect it.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Slavery being against natural right, can only exist by virtue of positive law, backed by force sufficient to protect it.”
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Mann argues that slavery contradicts natural rights and relies on enforced law.
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