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Overthrown in argument, the Slave-Masters resorted to threats of disunion.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Overthrown in argument, the Slave-Masters resorted to threats of disunion.”
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Sumner points out that when arguments failed, slaveholders resorted to threats of disunion.
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