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By necessary consequence, the latter, whether emigrating from our Free States or fleeing from oppression and wretchedness in his European home, avoids a region disabled by such a social law.
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Sumner points out that individuals from free states or oppressed regions avoid areas where slavery exists due to its social implications.
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