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That which declares all men free &c., or that which declares the superior races free, and the inferior, Slaves?
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Beecher highlights the conflict between ideals of freedom and racial superiority in American thought.
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Two great powers that will not live together are in our midst, and tugging at each other's throats.
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