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I am to speak not merely of Slaveholders, but of people to whom Slavery is a passion and a business, therefore Slavemongers,--now in rebellion for the sake of Slavery, therefore Rebel Slavemongers.
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In this statement, Sumner critiques those who are passionately involved in the institution of slavery, labeling them as 'Rebel Slavemongers.'
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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