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How little slavery it takes to make a Slave State is illustrated by Delaware, with less than eighteen hundred slaves, sending two Senators of Slavery to this Chamber.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “How little slavery it takes to make a Slave State is illustrated by Delaware, with less than eighteen hundred slaves…”
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Sumner illustrates how a small number of slaves can still influence political representation in the Senate.
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