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These Acts may be viewed as part of the system of Slavery, and therefore obnoxious to the judgment which Civilization is accumulating against this Barbarism; or they may be viewed as independent agencies.
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Sumner discusses the dual nature of the Fugitive Slave Acts in relation to the institution of slavery.
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