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Had it been early recognized that Slavery depends exclusively upon the local government, and falls with that government, who can doubt that every Rebel movement would have been checked?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Had it been early recognized that Slavery depends exclusively upon the local government, and falls with that government…”
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Sumner reflects on how recognizing the dependence of slavery on local government could have prevented rebel movements.
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