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The original type, as received from Africa and perpetuated here, might not appear; but this is not the only form of the hateful wrong.
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Sumner reflects on the enduring legacy of slavery and its various forms beyond the original institution.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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