Charles Sumner: “For a State to assume this criminal obligation would be oppressive to…”

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For a State to assume this criminal obligation would be oppressive to the people, and especially to the freedmen.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the oppressive nature of assuming the Rebel debt, particularly for freedmen.

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Charles Sumner: “For a State to assume this criminal obligation would be oppressive to the people, and especially to the freedmen.”