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Charles Sumner: “International War, like Slavery, is a monster chartered by Law.”

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International War, like Slavery, is a monster chartered by Law.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner likens international war to slavery, both being sanctioned by law.

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