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Slavery is pressing again for its accustomed victory, which I undertake again for the moment to arrest.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Slavery is pressing again for its accustomed victory, which I undertake again for the moment to arrest.”
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Sumner expresses his commitment to combating the resurgence of slavery in America.
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