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And I hold further, that if the government of the United States, by escheat, by purchase, by execution against a debtor, or in any other way, should become possessed of a slave, that moment he would be free.
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Mann argues that possession of a slave by the government would automatically grant freedom to that individual.
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A southern slave stands higher, politically, than a northern laborer, if the latter must vote as his employer dictates.
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