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The most formidable part of this combination against you is that which originates in the slave interest.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “The most formidable part of this combination against you is that which originates in the slave interest.”
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Mann highlights the significant threat posed by the interests of slaveholders to the freedom of others.
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