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There is not elsewhere in the English language so powerful an argument on the Barbarism of Slavery.
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Sumner claims that no argument in English is as powerful against the barbarism of slavery as the one he references.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
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