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Charles Sumner: “There is no reason in any relations with them why a new power, with Slavery as its declared “corner-stone,” whose gospel…”

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There is no reason in any relations with them why a new power, with Slavery as its declared “corner-stone,” whose gospel is Slavery, and whose evangelists are Slavemongers, should be recognized in the Family of Nations.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that a new power founded on slavery should not be recognized in the international community.

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