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Horace Mann: “He went far, far out of his way, to fortify and extend the institution of slavery.”

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He went far, far out of his way, to fortify and extend the institution of slavery.
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

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Mann accuses a senator of actively supporting and expanding slavery, highlighting the dangers of political complicity.

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