Charles Sumner: “Had not Slavery existed, would any such idea have found place in a…”

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Had not Slavery existed, would any such idea have found place in a Senator naturally so generous and humane?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reflects on the idea that slavery has corrupted the moral judgment of a senator.

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Charles Sumner: “Had not Slavery existed, would any such idea have found place in a Senator naturally so generous and humane?”