Charles Sumner: “It is the peril from some new surrender to Slavery, some fresh…”

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It is the peril from some new surrender to Slavery, some fresh recognition of its power, some present dalliance with its intolerable pretensions.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner articulates his fear of any new concessions to slavery and its implications for society.

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Charles Sumner: “It is the peril from some new surrender to Slavery, some fresh recognition of its power, some present dalliance with its…”