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Surely they gain no credit, no character by it; we lose both credit and character.
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Mann argues that the South gains no credit from slavery while the North suffers reputational damage.
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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”?
So far from facilitating the increase of individual or national wealth, slavery retards both.
He that chooses to employ a sort of labor that yields only half as much to the hand as another sort would yield, makes a choice that is not only unprofitable, but deeply injurious to his interest.
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