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But it is difficult to consider them in the latter character alone; for if Slavery be the offence which it doubtless is, then must it infect all the agencies it employs.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “But it is difficult to consider them in the latter character alone; for if Slavery be the offence which it doubtless is…”
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Sumner argues that the offense of slavery taints all actions associated with it.
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