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More than fourteen thousand persons, at that time held as slaves, and breathing English air,--four times as many as are now found in this national metropolis,--stepped forth in the happiness and dignity of freemen.
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Sumner notes the significant number of individuals who were freed from slavery in England, celebrating their newfound dignity.
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