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Charles Sumner: “In the future let it be said that Massachusetts did not waver in the cause for which she has done so much.”

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In the future let it be said that Massachusetts did not waver in the cause for which she has done so much.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner hopes that history will remember Massachusetts as unwavering in its commitment to freedom.

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