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To stop this has been impossible, while Slavery prevailed in the National Government.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “To stop this has been impossible, while Slavery prevailed in the National Government.”
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He argues that the existence of slavery in government hinders efforts to stop the slave trade.
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