Nor will this responsibility cease, so long as Slavery continues to exist in the District of Columbia, in any Territories of the United States, or anywhere on the high seas, beneath the protecting flag of the Republic.
Sumner warns that the responsibility for slavery will persist as long as it exists under U.S. jurisdiction.
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