Charles Sumner: “The country has suffered in good name, while foreign nations have…”

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The country has suffered in good name, while foreign nations have pointed with scorn to a republic which could legalize such indecencies.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the United States has damaged its reputation internationally by allowing slavery to persist, inviting scorn from other nations.

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Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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Charles Sumner: “The country has suffered in good name, while foreign nations have pointed with scorn to a republic which could legalize…”