But if the word “Abolitionist” is to be used in a reproachful and contumelious sense, does it not more properly belong to those who would extend a system which in its very nature abolishes freedom, justice, equity, and a sense of human brotherhood?
Mann asserts that the true reproach of 'Abolitionist' should apply to those who perpetuate slavery, not those who oppose it.
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