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Not merely as the Senator for Massachusetts, the honored chieftain of the political Abolitionists, but as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, he sees everywhere the presence of the Slave Power.
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Sumner, as a prominent abolitionist and senator, perceives the pervasive influence of slavery in politics.
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