Charles Sumner: “On the sea an execrable piracy, the trade in slaves, to the national…”

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On the sea an execrable piracy, the trade in slaves, to the national scandal, was still tolerated under the national flag.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner condemns the hypocrisy of allowing the slave trade under the national flag.

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Charles Sumner: “On the sea an execrable piracy, the trade in slaves, to the national scandal, was still tolerated under the national…”