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Whatever is given for Prospective Emancipation will be a gratuity to slaveholders and a tribute to Slavery.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Whatever is given for Prospective Emancipation will be a gratuity to slaveholders and a tribute to Slavery.”
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Sumner argues that funding for Prospective Emancipation serves only to benefit slaveholders and uphold slavery.
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