Charles Sumner: “Are you, in point of fact, at this moment able to protect yourselves…”

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Are you, in point of fact, at this moment able to protect yourselves against your slaves without our assistance?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions the ability of slaveholders to protect themselves, implying their reliance on external support.

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Charles Sumner: “Are you, in point of fact, at this moment able to protect yourselves against your slaves without our assistance?”