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The parallel becomes more complete, when it is known that the white slaves at Algiers were about the same in number with the black slaves at Washington whose redemption is now proposed.
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Sumner draws a parallel between the number of white slaves in Algiers and black slaves in Washington, emphasizing the need for redemption.
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