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Charles Sumner: “Slavery is a falsehood, and its supporters are all perverted and changed.”

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Slavery is a falsehood, and its supporters are all perverted and changed.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner condemns slavery as a moral falsehood and critiques its supporters.

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