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Already the President, by irrepealable proclamation, has declared all slaves free.
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Sumner notes the President's proclamation that has declared all slaves free, marking a significant moment in history.
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It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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