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Newspapers, even in the land of bondage, blush at the hunt of men by bloodhounds,--thus protesting against an unquestionable incident of Slavery.
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Here, Sumner points out the moral outrage even in a society that condones slavery, as evidenced by the press's reaction to violence against enslaved people.
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