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I think the tendency to establish a system of serfdom is the great danger to be guarded against.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I think the tendency to establish a system of serfdom is the great danger to be guarded against.”
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Sumner identifies the risk of establishing a new system of serfdom as a significant threat to freedom.
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