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This duty is fortified by the Constitutional Amendment, which, after providing for the abolition of Slavery, empowers Congress to “enforce” it by “appropriate legislation,” thus heaping Ossa upon Pelion.
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Sumner highlights that the Constitutional Amendment empowers Congress to enforce the abolition of slavery through appropriate legislation.
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