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Their chains, as they clank, seem to say, "Massachusetts does this outrage.
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Sumner reflects on the moral implications of Massachusetts' involvement in slavery.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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