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There is no clause, or phrase, or word in that instrument which favors the idea that the Northern States should bear the expense, as well as the disgrace, of thus remanding our fellow-men into bondage.
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Mann asserts that the Constitution does not support the Northern States bearing the costs of returning escaped slaves.
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