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Even these figures do not disclose the whole difference; for there exist in the Free States teachers’ institutes, normal schools, lyceums, and public courses of lectures, unknown in the region of Slavery.
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Sumner points out that the Free States have additional educational resources that are absent in the Slave States, further emphasizing the advantages of freedom.
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