It seems now that it is so extended, and I wish the Committee to consider whether the remedy can be applied by Act of Congress, or whether we must not go further and expurgate that phraseology from the text of the Constitution itself.
Sumner calls for a review of the constitutional language regarding involuntary servitude and its implications.
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