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In the race of emigration the Freedom-loving citizens of the North promised to obtain the ascendency, and, in the exercise of the conceded sovereignty of the settlers, to prohibit Slavery.
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Sumner discusses the commitment of Northern citizens to prevent the spread of slavery through emigration.
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