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Such an act, at this time, is removed from all reach of that palliation often vouchsafed to Slavery.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Such an act, at this time, is removed from all reach of that palliation often vouchsafed to Slavery.”
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Sumner asserts that the current actions regarding slavery cannot be justified by past practices.
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