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Our fathers, under Washington, never paid the Algerines for our enslaved fellow-citizens, except as ransom; and they ceased all such tribute, when emancipation could be had without it.
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Sumner recalls historical precedent where no compensation was paid for the emancipation of enslaved individuals.
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