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Slavery, by the very act of rebellion, ceased to exist, legally or constitutionally.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Slavery, by the very act of rebellion, ceased to exist, legally or constitutionally.”
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Sumner claims that slavery legally ceased to exist due to the act of rebellion.
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