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It is bad enough, at any time, to thrust an escaped slave back into bondage: it is absurd to thrust him back at a moment when Slavery is rallying all its forces for the conflict it has madly challenged.
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Sumner condemns the act of returning escaped slaves to bondage, especially during a time of war over slavery.
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