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The Fugitive Slave Act furnished a convenient agency for this double purpose, and was naturally adopted by men who had lost the power of blushing as well as the power of feeling.
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Sumner critiques the Fugitive Slave Act as a tool for oppression, adopted by those lacking moral integrity.
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