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Meanwhile the Rebel States had taken the form of a confederacy, with Slavery as corner-stone, and proceeded to organize an immense military force in the service of the Rebellion.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Meanwhile the Rebel States had taken the form of a confederacy, with Slavery as corner-stone, and proceeded to organize…”
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Sumner describes the formation of a confederacy among the Rebel States, with slavery as its foundational principle.
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