Charles Sumner: “Slavery in all its pretensions is a defiance of law; for it can have…”

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Slavery in all its pretensions is a defiance of law; for it can have no law in its support.

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Sumner asserts that slavery inherently contradicts the rule of law, as it cannot be legally supported.

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Charles Sumner: “Slavery in all its pretensions is a defiance of law; for it can have no law in its support.”