Charles Sumner: “In this ministerial outrage they saw the overthrow of their liberties…”

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In this ministerial outrage they saw the overthrow of their liberties, whether founded on natural rights or on the rights of British subjects.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner describes the reaction of the Colonists to perceived threats against their liberties.

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