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And are we to expect that the brutalized, chattelized “cattle” of the south will have less of that natural yearning and longing of the soul, at the loss of their offspring, than the animals of the farmer’s yard?
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Mann emphasizes the emotional capacity of enslaved individuals, comparing them to animals in their capacity for love and loss.
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