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It is indefeasible and perpetual,--not to be sold, not to be bought.
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Sumner argues that self-ownership is an inalienable right that cannot be bought or sold, reinforcing the idea of personal freedom.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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