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But it is misinterpreted,--has been so in an adjoining State; and who can tell that it will not be so now in every one of the Southern States?
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Sumner warns that misinterpretations of the Amendment could lead to legal slavery in Southern States, stressing the need for clarity.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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