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Charles Sumner: “Their accumulating number, authenticated in every possible manner, by the press, by a cloud of witnesses, and by the…”

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Their accumulating number, authenticated in every possible manner, by the press, by a cloud of witnesses, and by the confession of Slave-Masters, stares us constantly in the face.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner points out the overwhelming evidence of the atrocities committed under slavery, calling for recognition of these truths.

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