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And yet it is Great Britain, thus persistent in closing ports and rivers, that now interferes to warn us against a stone blockade in a war to put down Rebel Slavery.
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Sumner criticizes Great Britain for its hypocrisy in closing ports while warning against blockades aimed at ending slavery.
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