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One is the repeal of the Prohibition of Slavery in the vast Missouri Territory, now known as Kansas and Nebraska, contrary to time-honored compact and plighted faith.
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Sumner criticizes the repeal of the prohibition of slavery in the Missouri Territory, which led to conflict over slavery's expansion.
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