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Those who coöperated in the movement were denounced as disturbers, and finally obtained an epithet, applied often in sarcasm, which may be considered their highest praise.
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Sumner highlights the resilience of those who fought against slavery despite being labeled negatively by their opponents.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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