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The Stamp Act was welcomed in the Colonies by the Tories of that day, precisely as the unconstitutional Slave Act has been welcomed by an imperious class among us.
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Sumner draws a parallel between the reception of the Stamp Act and contemporary attitudes towards the Slave Act.
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