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Calhoun, is unequivocally promulgated, that under the Constitution the master may at all times carry his slaves into the Territories, and neither Congress nor Territorial Legislature can prohibit the outrage.
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Sumner critiques the constitutional justification for slavery, highlighting its moral implications.
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