Charles Sumner: “The term Abolitionist, so often applied in reproach, justly belongs…”

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The term Abolitionist, so often applied in reproach, justly belongs, on this occasion, to him who would overthrow this well-established landmark.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the misuse of the term 'Abolitionist' to describe those who threaten established freedoms.

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Charles Sumner: “The term Abolitionist, so often applied in reproach, justly belongs, on this occasion, to him who would overthrow this…”