Charles Sumner: “The whole community was aroused, while Bunker Hill and Faneuil Hall…”

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The whole community was aroused, while Bunker Hill and Faneuil Hall quaked with responsive indignation.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner describes the strong public reaction in Boston to the seizure of a fugitive slave.

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Charles Sumner: “The whole community was aroused, while Bunker Hill and Faneuil Hall quaked with responsive indignation.”