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The fathers of the Republic, leaders in the War of Independence, were struck with the impious inconsistency of an appeal for their own liberties, while holding fellow-men in bondage.
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Sumner critiques the hypocrisy of the Founding Fathers who sought liberty while enslaving others.
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