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Adams incessantly met all his assumptions for Slavery,--exposing its hateful character, insisting upon its prohibition in the Territories, and especially vindicating the Declaration of Independence.
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Sumner highlights John Quincy Adams' strong opposition to slavery and his defense of the Declaration of Independence.
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