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And he went so far as to assert that this old law contained an allusion to ‘slaves,’ when the word ‘slaves’ was not mentioned, and ‘servants’ only was employed.
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Sumner critiques a senator for misrepresenting a historical law by claiming it mentioned 'slaves' when it did not.
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