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Within less than a year from its original passage, the Stamp Act--assailed as unconstitutional on the precise grounds which I now occupy in assailing the Slave Act--was driven from the statute-book.
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Sumner draws a parallel between the historical Stamp Act and the contemporary Slave Act, arguing against the latter's constitutionality.
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