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In this way the weak are cajoled, the timeserving are seduced, and the timid are frightened; and people professing opposition to Slavery gravely come forward as supporters of these Proslavery factions.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In this way the weak are cajoled, the timeserving are seduced, and the timid are frightened; and people professing…”
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Sumner describes how people who oppose slavery can be misled into supporting proslavery factions due to fear and manipulation.
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