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For the mother there is no assurance that her infant will not be torn from her breast.
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Sumner highlights the anguish of mothers under slavery, fearing for their children's safety.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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