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As one of the old garments of Slavery, it must be handed to the flames.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “As one of the old garments of Slavery, it must be handed to the flames.”
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Sumner calls for the rejection of the remnants of slavery, likening it to old garments that must be burned.
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