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His main postulate, that Slavery was contrary to Nature, and an outlaw, was important in sustaining action against it, whether by Constitutional Amendment or Congressional legislation.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “His main postulate, that Slavery was contrary to Nature, and an outlaw, was important in sustaining action against it…”
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Sumner argued that the fundamental principle of slavery being contrary to nature was crucial for both constitutional and legislative actions against it.
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