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Charles Sumner: “The Slave Power, fruitful parent of national ills, must be driven from its supremacy.”

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The Slave Power, fruitful parent of national ills, must be driven from its supremacy.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner identifies the 'Slave Power' as a significant source of national problems that must be eliminated.

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