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Here was Slavery, barbarous, brutal, vindictive, warring for recognition.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Here was Slavery, barbarous, brutal, vindictive, warring for recognition.”
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Sumner describes slavery as a brutal and vindictive force seeking acknowledgment.
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