Charles Sumner: “It is Slavery that has taken the life of our beloved Chief Magistrate…”

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It is Slavery that has taken the life of our beloved Chief Magistrate; and here is another triumph of its Barbarism.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner attributes the assassination of the Chief Magistrate to the barbarism of slavery, highlighting its destructive impact.

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Charles Sumner: “It is Slavery that has taken the life of our beloved Chief Magistrate; and here is another triumph of its Barbarism.”