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To dislodge Slavery from these usurped footholds, and thus at once relieve ourselves from grievous responsibility, and begin the great work of Emancipation, were an object worthy an exalted ambition.
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Sumner articulates a vision for dislodging slavery from its entrenched positions, framing it as a noble ambition.
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