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Without Congress the master would not be master, nor would the slave be slave.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Without Congress the master would not be master, nor would the slave be slave.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner states that the existence of slavery is contingent upon Congressional action.
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