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The true reason may be traced to the unhappy prejudices engendered by Slavery, and to the policy of sustaining this wrong.
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Sumner identifies the prejudices created by slavery as a root cause of exclusionary practices.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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