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The Slave-Masters got all they could: if possible, they would have got more.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The Slave-Masters got all they could: if possible, they would have got more.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner critiques the greed of slave owners in the context of the Constitution's provisions.
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