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I believe that no cancer on the physical body was ever more certain, steady, and fatal, in its progress, than is the cancer of slavery on the political body of the State of Virginia.
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Tompkins compares the destructive nature of slavery to a cancer affecting the political landscape of Virginia.
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The assertion is frequently made, that white men cannot work in the hot latitudes of the South, and this is offered as a reason why there should be black slaves there.
Instead of supporting freedom, does it not advocate slavery and oppression?
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