I hold Slavery to be a curse and a disgrace to our country and to mankind; and I rejoice to know that we have one man who is not afraid to denounce it as such, in plain Anglo-Saxon, on the floor of the Senate, and in the face of the Slaveholders.
Sumner boldly declares his condemnation of slavery, expressing admiration for those who denounce it publicly.
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