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Even so the creature whose paws are now fastened upon Kansas, whatever it may seem to be, constitutes in reality part of the Slave Power, which, with loathsome folds, is now coiled about the whole land.
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Sumner metaphorically describes the oppressive nature of the Slave Power as a creature suffocating Kansas.
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