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Slavery still asserts her ancient predominance, finding strange voices.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Slavery still asserts her ancient predominance, finding strange voices.”
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Sumner critiques the ongoing influence of slavery in society, despite its formal abolition.
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