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After all this, we sincerely hope we shall hear no more of this war as a war for the liberation of the slave, as a ‘sublime uprising’ of the men of the North for the cause of Human Freedom.
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Sumner expresses skepticism about the narrative that the Civil War is solely a fight for the liberation of slaves, urging a more nuanced understanding.
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