Charles Sumner: “By the Constitution property cannot be taken for public use without…”

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By the Constitution property cannot be taken for public use without “just compensation”; but this rule was silent in the Rebel States.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the constitutional requirement for just compensation and its absence in Rebel States.

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