Charles Sumner: “Liberal institutions will gain everywhere by the abolition of Slavery…”

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Liberal institutions will gain everywhere by the abolition of Slavery at the national capital.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the abolition of slavery in the national capital will benefit liberal institutions everywhere.

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Charles Sumner: “Liberal institutions will gain everywhere by the abolition of Slavery at the national capital.”