Charles Sumner: “An arraignment of Slavery so exhaustive has never before been made in…”

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An arraignment of Slavery so exhaustive has never before been made in our history, and it will supersede the necessity of another.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner claimed his speech provided an unprecedented critique of slavery in American history.

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Charles Sumner: “An arraignment of Slavery so exhaustive has never before been made in our history, and it will supersede the necessity…”