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But such contract would be in itself an act of manumission; for a slave cannot make a contract.
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Sumner argues that a contract made by a soldier who was once enslaved constitutes an act of freedom.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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