The constitution declares, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons,” “against unreasonable” “seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing” “the persons or things to be seized.”--Amend., Art.
Mann cites the Constitution to highlight the right of individuals to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures.
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This is the reciprocity of slave law.--to be forever liable to be proved guilty, but never able to prove himself innocent; to be subject to all punishments, but, through his own oath, to no protection.
And yet, infinitely flagrant as the anomaly is, the slave is amenable to the laws of the land for all offences which he may commit against others, though he is powerless to protect himself by the same law from offences which others may…
Answer: She is in a country in which slavery is established by law.
Is there not one spot where we can stand side by side, as friends, sympathize with each other, and act together in harmony?
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