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It was a Dutch ship, with twenty slaves, who were landed at Jamestown, in Virginia, and became the fatal seed of that Slavery which has threatened to overshadow the land.
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Sumner recounts the arrival of a Dutch ship carrying slaves, marking the beginning of a tragic chapter in American history.
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