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It may not be found there in name; but Slavery is the very soul of the bill.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It may not be found there in name; but Slavery is the very soul of the bill.”
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Sumner argues that while slavery may not be explicitly mentioned in a bill, its influence is pervasive.
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