Charles Sumner: “It is simply setting up the Declaration of Independence in its primal…”

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It is simply setting up the Declaration of Independence in its primal truths, and applying them to churches as to other institutions.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner advocates for applying the principles of the Declaration of Independence to all institutions, including churches.

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

Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

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Charles Sumner: “It is simply setting up the Declaration of Independence in its primal truths, and applying them to churches as to other…”