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Even assuming that the Fugitive Slave Bill was in any sense justifiable, there was nothing to justify this flagrant violation of plighted faith, where Slavery was the inexorable robber.
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Sumner argues against the justification of the Fugitive Slave Bill, highlighting its betrayal of trust.
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