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Slavery, I repeat, is not mentioned in the Constitution.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Slavery, I repeat, is not mentioned in the Constitution.”
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Sumner argues that the Constitution does not acknowledge slavery, emphasizing its absence in the foundational document of the United States.
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