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Charles Sumner: “Still Slavery exists, and, in the case of slaves escaping from their masters, the friends of Universal Liberty are often…”

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Still Slavery exists, and, in the case of slaves escaping from their masters, the friends of Universal Liberty are often embarrassed in their conduct by a conflict between their principles and the obligations imposed by unwise and perhaps unconstitutional laws.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner reflects on the conflict faced by abolitionists due to existing laws on slavery.

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