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Everywhere throughout the region lately cursed by Slavery this dark prejudice still lingers and lowers.
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Sumner highlights the lingering effects of slavery and the persistent racial prejudice that follows.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
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