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If general, it may be said that its authors were the representatives of Slavery, constituting that same Oligarchy, or Slave Power, which has madly plunged this country into civil war.
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Sumner identifies the authors of the Fugitive Slave Act as representatives of the Slave Power, responsible for dragging the nation into civil war.
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