Charles Sumner: “It is Slavery that pitches its wicked tents and stations its sentries…”

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It is Slavery that pitches its wicked tents and stations its sentries over against the national capital.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner describes how slavery establishes military positions against the national capital.

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Charles Sumner: “It is Slavery that pitches its wicked tents and stations its sentries over against the national capital.”