Charles Sumner: “But I undertake to affirm that no usage, professional or social, can…”

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But I undertake to affirm that no usage, professional or social, can give any apology for joining the pack of the Slave-Hunter.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that no justification exists for participating in the act of capturing escaped slaves.

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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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