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Amidst the crumbling ruins of walls and citadel, the cruel Slave Power was humbled, and by solemn stipulation consented to the surrender of all slaves in Algiers, and the abolition of White Slavery forever.
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Sumner celebrates the defeat of the Slave Power and the abolition of slavery in Algiers.
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