Charles Sumner: “But gradually the heart of the nation was touched, until at last the…”

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But gradually the heart of the nation was touched, until at last the people of England demanded the abolition of this Heaven-defying traffic.

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Sumner reflects on the moral awakening in England that led to the abolition of the slave trade.

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