Charles Sumner: “Therefore I am in favor of some measure of Reconstruction, the best we…”

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Therefore I am in favor of some measure of Reconstruction, the best we can secure, the more thorough the better.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner advocates for a measure of Reconstruction, emphasizing the need for thoroughness.

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Charles Sumner: “Therefore I am in favor of some measure of Reconstruction, the best we can secure, the more thorough the better.”