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The Slave Power is the Imprisoned Giant of our Constitution.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The Slave Power is the Imprisoned Giant of our Constitution.”
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Sumner metaphorically describes the Slave Power as an imprisoned giant within the Constitution.
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