The college libraries alone of the Free States are greater than all the libraries of Slavery; so, also, are the libraries of Massachusetts alone greater than all the libraries of Slavery; and the common-school libraries alone of New York are more than twice as large as all the libraries of Slavery.
This statement illustrates the overwhelming superiority of library resources in the Free States compared to those in the Slave States, reinforcing Sumner's argument for freedom.
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