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Slavery in all its features is bad, but one of its most odious manifestations was the revolting insensibility to every sentiment of delicacy and humanity which it created in its supporters.
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Sumner critiques slavery for its dehumanizing effects on its supporters, emphasizing its moral failings.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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