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Charles Sumner: “Even if alone, my feeble arm should not be wanting as a bar against this outrage.”

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Even if alone, my feeble arm should not be wanting as a bar against this outrage.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner vows to resist injustice even if he stands alone in his opposition.

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