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But, in the second place, whatever may have been the temporary shock to Emancipation in the Slave States, it will not be denied by candid minds that the efforts in the North have hastened the great day of Freedom.
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Sumner argues that despite any setbacks, efforts in the North have ultimately advanced the cause of freedom.
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