Charles Sumner: “Does the honorable Senator ask me if I would personally join in…”

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Does the honorable Senator ask me if I would personally join in sending a fellow-man into bondage?

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Massachusetts

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In this rhetorical question, Sumner expresses his moral opposition to sending anyone into slavery, underscoring his commitment to human rights.

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Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.

Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

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Charles Sumner: “Does the honorable Senator ask me if I would personally join in sending a fellow-man into bondage?”