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Charles Sumner: “It will touch the souls of mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters, until the sympathies of all swell in one irresistible…”

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It will touch the souls of mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters, until the sympathies of all swell in one irresistible chorus of indignation against the deep damnation of lending new sanction to the enslavement of our brother man.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner calls for collective outrage against the injustices of slavery, appealing to the emotions of women.

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