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Channing had published his prophetic letter to Henry Clay, on the annexation of Texas, in 1837, and awakened a profound interest in the slavery question on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Julian highlights Channing's influential letter to Clay regarding Texas annexation and its impact on the slavery debate.
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