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It is Slavery that sharpens the bayonet and runs the bullet,--that points the cannon, and scatters the shell, blazing, bursting with death.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is Slavery that sharpens the bayonet and runs the bullet,--that points the cannon, and scatters the shell, blazing…”
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Sumner vividly illustrates the violent role of slavery in warfare, from weaponry to destruction.
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