Charles Sumner: “For all that he has, as well as all that he is, even wife and child…”

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For all that he has, as well as all that he is, even wife and child, belong to another.

Said by

Massachusetts

Source

This statement highlights the injustice of slavery by asserting that everything a person has, including family, is owned by another.

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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.

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Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.

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Charles Sumner: “For all that he has, as well as all that he is, even wife and child, belong to another.”