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That it will impair the confidence in Slavery, and also its value, I cannot doubt.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “That it will impair the confidence in Slavery, and also its value, I cannot doubt.”
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Sumner expresses confidence that any action will undermine the value of slavery.
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