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Now this is the last support in the statute-book, and I entreat the Senate to remove it.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Now this is the last support in the statute-book, and I entreat the Senate to remove it.”
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Sumner calls for the removal of the last legal support for slavery in the statute-book, urging immediate action.
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