Charles Sumner: “Slavery asserts that it is; and the whole country says the same, when…”

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Slavery asserts that it is; and the whole country says the same, when it sanctions the return of a fugitive slave.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner points out that slavery's assertion of ownership over individuals is a societal norm that must be challenged.

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Charles Sumner: “Slavery asserts that it is; and the whole country says the same, when it sanctions the return of a fugitive slave.”