Charles Sumner: “But imagination or falsehood is the only authority for adding the…”

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But imagination or falsehood is the only authority for adding the rendition of fugitive slaves to this list.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the inclusion of the rendition of fugitive slaves in the list of compromises is based on imagination or falsehood.

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Charles Sumner: “But imagination or falsehood is the only authority for adding the rendition of fugitive slaves to this list.”