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If he be not a slave, then he is delivered into the hands of a man-stealer.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “If he be not a slave, then he is delivered into the hands of a man-stealer.”
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Mann warns that if a person is not a slave, they risk being delivered to a man-stealer, highlighting the dangers of misidentification.
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