On the record
Slavery was abolished by judicial decision,--abolished at once, without limitation, without time to send men out of the State.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner highlights the judicial abolition of slavery in Massachusetts as a significant legal milestone.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Other voices in this conversation
