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True to the instincts of Slavery, they threatened personal indignity of every kind, and even assassination.
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Sumner warns of the violent threats posed by slaveholders against those who oppose them.
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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.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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