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Thus, at this time, the Church, in harmony with the Nation, by its leading denominations, Quakers, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Congregationalists, thundered against Slavery.
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Sumner describes the Church's unified stance against slavery during this period.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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