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Not by Slavery, but in spite of Slavery, was Independence achieved.
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Sumner emphasizes that true independence was achieved despite the existence of slavery in America.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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