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Looking at the broad surface of society where Slavery exists, we find its spirit actively manifest against all freedom of speech and the press, especially with regard to this wrong.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Looking at the broad surface of society where Slavery exists, we find its spirit actively manifest against all freedom…”
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Sumner discusses how the spirit of slavery suppresses freedom of speech and press, particularly regarding its own critique.
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