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Sumner’s valuable life will be spared until he shall witness the complete overthrow of the execrable system that now brutalizes our brethren in bondage, and brutalizes their oppressors, and disgraces our country.
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Sumner expresses hope that he will live to see the end of slavery and the liberation of oppressed individuals.
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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
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