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Charles Sumner: “The enmity of Slavery may be dangerous, but its friendship is fatal.”

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The enmity of Slavery may be dangerous, but its friendship is fatal.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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He warns that while slavery's enmity is dangerous, its friendship is even more perilous.

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