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Charles Sumner: “I have just finished the reading of your great and conclusive speech upon the ‘Barbarism of Slavery,’ and I have only to…”

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I have just finished the reading of your great and conclusive speech upon the ‘Barbarism of Slavery,’ and I have only to say that I go with you heart and soul, and that I concur entirely in the opinion expressed by the venerable Josiah Quincy of your argument.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner expresses his strong agreement with a powerful speech against slavery.

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