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Neither the sons of ’89 nor the country of Wilberforce will have this stain on their history.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Neither the sons of ’89 nor the country of Wilberforce will have this stain on their history.”
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Sumner emphasizes the moral imperative against slavery and its implications for national identity.
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