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All are made for the measurement of time, as all these laws were made for the protection of slave property.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “All are made for the measurement of time, as all these laws were made for the protection of slave property.”
Editor's note · Context
Mann emphasizes that just as timekeeping devices serve a common purpose, laws were created to protect property, including slave property.
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