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The enormity of the pretension that Slavery is sanctioned by the Constitution becomes still more flagrant, when we read the Constitution in the light of great national acts and of contemporaneous authorities.
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Sumner highlights the contradiction of interpreting the Constitution as supporting slavery.
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