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But this is one of the myths or fables with which the supporters of Slavery have surrounded their false god.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “But this is one of the myths or fables with which the supporters of Slavery have surrounded their false god.”
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Sumner dismisses the notion that the fugitive slave provision was a necessary response to historical difficulties as a myth propagated by slavery's supporters.
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