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But the apostolic Slavemongers saw that Slavery at home must suffer under the popular judgment against its extension; they saw that a vote against its extension was a vote for its condemnation; and they rebelled.
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Sumner critiques the slaveholders' awareness that opposing the extension of slavery would lead to its condemnation.
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