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The slave, then, can be constitutionally and legally “delivered up” in no other way than “on claim,” by “suit.
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Mann contends that the legal process for returning a fugitive slave must adhere to constitutional requirements.
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So far as legal rights against his oppressors are concerned, the slave lives in such a world of darkness.
This is the reciprocity of slave law.--to be forever liable to be proved guilty, but never able to prove himself innocent; to be subject to all punishments, but, through his own oath, to no protection.
Is there not one spot where we can stand side by side, as friends, sympathize with each other, and act together in harmony?
Yet, by denying education to the slave, you destroy not merely the right, but the power, of personal examination in regard to all that most nearly concerns the soul’s interests.
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