Charles Sumner: “Not in this way can impression be made on an evil so vast as…”

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Not in this way can impression be made on an evil so vast as Slavery,--so widely scattered, and so exhaustless in its unnatural supply.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the vast and pervasive nature of slavery, arguing that traditional methods of charity are insufficient to combat it.

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