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At the famous massacre, when the first blood of the Revolution reddened the ice-clad pavements of Boston, Crispus Attucks, an African, once a slave, was among the victims.
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Sumner highlights the role of Crispus Attucks, an African American, in the American Revolution as a symbol of sacrifice.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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