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If this peculiar immunity has been discontinued, it is only because Slavery is at last seen in its true character, and because its absolute identity with the Rebellion has come to be recognized.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If this peculiar immunity has been discontinued, it is only because Slavery is at last seen in its true character, and…”
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Sumner critiques the perception of slavery and its connection to the Civil War.
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