How, then, is it possible for any mind, amenable to legal rules for the decision of legal questions, to say that Congress cannot legislate, or has not legislated, (except once or twice inadvertently,) on the subject of slavery in the territories?
Mann questions the legal authority of Congress regarding slavery in U.S. territories.
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Answer: She is in a country in which slavery is established by law.
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