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By the Slave Power I understand that combination of persons, or, perhaps, of politicians, whose animating principle is the perpetuation and extension of Slavery, with the advancement of Slaveholders.
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Sumner defines the 'Slave Power' as a coalition aimed at perpetuating and expanding slavery.
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