Charles Sumner: “True to the instincts of Slavery, they threatened personal indignity…”

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True to the instincts of Slavery, they threatened personal indignity of every kind, and even assassination.

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Sumner warns of the violent threats posed by slaveholders against those who oppose them.

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Charles Sumner: “True to the instincts of Slavery, they threatened personal indignity of every kind, and even assassination.”