Charles Sumner: “Indeed, it is hardly too much to say that out of this slender cotton…”

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Indeed, it is hardly too much to say that out of this slender cotton fibre are formed the manacles of the slave.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner powerfully states that the cotton industry is directly linked to the enslavement of individuals.

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Charles Sumner: “Indeed, it is hardly too much to say that out of this slender cotton fibre are formed the manacles of the slave.”