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The legal existence of slavery was annulled in this District when Congress exercised its “exclusive” power over it, just as much as the debtor’s right to be discharged under the Maryland bankrupt law was annulled.
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Mann states that the legal existence of slavery was annulled in the District when Congress exercised its powers over it.
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