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He saw clearly that a system like Slavery could not find home under the British Constitution, which nowhere mentions the name Slave; and yet he shrank from the sublime conclusion.
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Sumner notes that the British Constitution does not recognize slavery, yet the judge hesitated to reach a conclusion against it.
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