Charles Sumner: “They wished to secure Slavery without plainly saying so; but such is…”

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They wished to secure Slavery without plainly saying so; but such is Slavery that it cannot be secured without plainly saying so.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the contradiction in trying to protect slavery without explicitly acknowledging it.

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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

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Charles Sumner: “They wished to secure Slavery without plainly saying so; but such is Slavery that it cannot be secured without plainly…”