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If Slavery dies, the Union lives; if Slavery lives, the Union dies.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If Slavery dies, the Union lives; if Slavery lives, the Union dies.”
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Sumner succinctly captures the relationship between slavery and the Union, suggesting that the fate of one determines the fate of the other.
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