Charles Sumner: “There must be an end also to belligerent passions; and the freedman…”

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There must be an end also to belligerent passions; and the freedman, assured in rights, must enter upon a new career of happiness and prosperity.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner calls for an end to hostility and advocates for the rights and prosperity of freedmen.

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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

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Charles Sumner: “There must be an end also to belligerent passions; and the freedman, assured in rights, must enter upon a new career of…”