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Here the figures show a difference as wide as that between Freedom and Slavery.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Here the figures show a difference as wide as that between Freedom and Slavery.”
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Sumner uses this metaphor to illustrate the stark contrast between the conditions of freedom and slavery in America.
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