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Let the minions of the Administration and of the Slavocracy harm one hair of your head, and they will raise a whirlwind that will sweep them to destruction.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Let the minions of the Administration and of the Slavocracy harm one hair of your head, and they will raise a whirlwind…”
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Sumner warns that any harm done to abolitionists will provoke a strong and destructive backlash.
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