Charles Sumner: “It was a swindle of a broad territory, thus cheated of protection…”

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It was a swindle of a broad territory, thus cheated of protection against Slavery.

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Massachusetts

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He asserts that the measure cheated a broad territory of its protection against slavery, emphasizing the injustice involved.

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Charles Sumner: “It was a swindle of a broad territory, thus cheated of protection against Slavery.”