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In the one is the long wail of Slavery; in the other, the hymn of Freedom.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In the one is the long wail of Slavery; in the other, the hymn of Freedom.”
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Sumner poetically contrasts the suffering of slavery with the hope of freedom.
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